Wednesday 30 March 2016

CCT -vs- JURY TRIAL




A Jury is a body of people sworn to give verdict on the basis of the facts presented in court.   There are two other members of  CCT, one of whom has declined to sit with the CCT Chairman  - that the Chair is a bribe taker  who has lost it. So you have one member sitting he CANNOT form a jury,  in answer to the  question that the 1999 Constitution probably intended a jury trial Faux Pas Blooper.
In cases where there is a jury, the job of the Judge is to guide them on points of law and they decide on the facts. In Nigeria however, there is no practice of civil or criminal jury trials. We have bench trials at every level; where the Judge makes pronouncements on points of law and the facts in court. REPEAT THE CODE OF CONDUCT TRIBUNAL IS NOT A COURT OF LAW.


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