USORO WAS NOT SARAKI'S ONLY LAWYER!

Paul Usoro was one of the many lawyers, (106 Lawyers in number). Paul Usoro, Paul Erokoro and others were brought by the lead counsel Distinguished Senior Advocate of Nigeria Senator Kanu Agabi SAN to join him in the CCT criminal case that Senate President Saraki had faced at the time. Why Paul Usoro SAN?

It is quite appalling for Paul Usoro, LLB(Hons) Ife, SAN, FCIArb(Nigeria) to issue characteristically unscholarly attacks, and now on EFCC for arraigning him yesterday 18/12 before Hon. Justice Hassan of Federal High Court, Lagos the Usoros major place of work where suspicious accounts are domiciled.

I never applied for Judgeship and thrice I was offered Federal High Court Bench few years ago I declined politely. And Delta State High Court Bench I turned it down politely many years ago. Even SAN I never filed SAN application for consideration particularly after my Georgetown scholarship program. It was when I wasn’t forthcoming they gave it to two learned ladies who shall herein not be named (2012, 2013 during regime of the first female CJN).  South West is home for me. South South is home too! North my place of birth; Igbo a good tribe hated by those who seek to exterminate the Igbos in NBA. Those who plot to suffocate industrious lawyers will have their tribal sword turned against them.

That is why Senator Kanu Agabi SAN you all know him, excellent  Counsel, One of the Best Lawyers in present times. Why is Agabi SAN not with Usoros defence team?. Because Agabi does not believe Usoro has a valid and legitimate defence to the criminal charges of money laundering and corruption!.

The Usoros wrote a letter dated 17^th Dec., 2018 to the Hon Chief Judge of the Federal High Court that Hon Justice Hassan in Lagos should not preside (is Usoro not presiding in NBA). His case was to come up on 18-12-2018 he wrote only on 17/12, ostensibly after failed attempts to reach an incorruptible Judge.

Hon Justice Hassan’s offence is His Lordship’s dedication to judicial duties and mastery of criminal proceedings  these are the qualities the Usoros ignobly fail to commend, a Judge who adjourned from 10-12-18 to 18-12-18 for his arraignment despite that Usoro SAN evaded service of the processes. EFCC never detained you for 48 hours not even for 24 hours, you may have been detained as a guest of the state.  EFCC allowed you administrative bail on liberal terms and you are there insulting EFCC for treating you with kids gloves and you are there unhappy about Hon. Justice Hassan’s Nobility, Learnedness and Impartiality because His Lordship ‘cannot be reached’ by you Mr “Fix-it” and your other Messrs “Fixes-it”.  

You are so WRONG USOROS WRONG! For it is right for a Judge such as Hon Justice Hassan to be fair to an accused person such as Usoro He granted you bail quickly and he insisted EFCC should not detain you and asked that you be released to Offiong SAN pending the perfection of your bail.

You are just holding on to straws in order to hold on to the NBA Presidency.

Exit NBA to face your trial or NBA will exit you!

Now here are excerpts from thecable online on Agabi SAN why you? EFCC left Kanu Agabi the lead counsel in Saraki’s case to chase you? You LIES!. LIES! EFCC came for you FOR BREAKING the laws of the land & you should be putting your answer seriatim rather than provoking contempt proceedings!

The Excerpts from TheCable online on:

KANU AGABI

Agabi (SAN), a former attorney-general of the federation (AGF), brought humour, dexterity and tact to Saraki’s trial. He also brought one other thing to the trial – 106 lawyers – which he often said was the largest consortium of legal professionals handling a single case in Nigeria.

Agabi teamed up with three other senior lawyers – KK Eleja, Paul Usoro and Paul Erokoro –  in the trial. When the courtroom is bursting with heated arguments and tension, Agabi would make a wisecrack to bring calm to the situation. He took the trial through a causal path despite the enormity of the charges.  He also brought control and legal gravitas to the occasion.

Although the tribunal dismissed two of the applications he filed for the discharge of Saraki, he never resorted to verbal brawls to express his displeasure. The CCT judge and the lead prosecution counsel accorded him respect, perhaps because of his age and experience, but most importantly because his gentle disposition to cutting issues. On Wednesday, he won his case for the senate president.” THECABLE ONLINE  JUNE 14, 2018