#HURIWA

Electoral Act: Deletion Of Section 84(12): HURIWA Rejects Court Ruling, Files Stay Of Execution

Electoral Act: Deletion Of Section 84(12): HURIWA Rejects Court Ruling, Files Stay Of Execution

Electoral Act: Deletion Of Section 84(12): HURIWA Rejects Court Ruling, Files Stay Of Execution Civil rights group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Tuesday completed court processes asking the Federal High Court in Umuahia to stay execution of its earlier judgment ordering the deletion of Section 84(12) of the amended Electoral Act. The group filed a stay of execution of the said judgment of the Federal High Court to enable them challenge the judgement at the Court of Appeal. Section 84(12) of the amended Electoral Act bars political appointees at any level to vote or be voted for…
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ORJI UZOR: HURIWA Blasts EFCC Over Politically Motivated Vendetta

ORJI UZOR: HURIWA Blasts EFCC Over Politically Motivated Vendetta

    ORJI UZOR: HURIWA Blasts EFCC Over Politically Motivated Vendetta Leading civil Rights Advocacy Group, HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has carpeted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) latest round of forum shopping and targeted political persecution of the most senior South Eastern Political office holder in the current dispensation –the chief whip of the senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Senator Orji Uzor Kalu.     HURIWA said it is inconceivable that the anti-graft agency will devote a lot of man-hour and resources chasing shadows because it has a preconceived political agenda to demarket…
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Orji Kalu: Why NJC must sanction Mohammed Idris, other judges – HURIWA 

Orji Kalu: Why NJC must sanction Mohammed Idris, other judges – HURIWA 

Orji Kalu: Why NJC must sanction Mohammed Idris, other judges – HURIWA  Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has asked the National Judicial Council through the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Mohammed, to sanction Justice Mohammed Idris, and other judges for presiding over cases in Federal High Court despite their elevation to the Court of Appeal. In a statement on Wednesday, National Coordinator of HURIWA, Emmanuel Onwubiko, said the CJN and the NJC should immediately recommend punishment for Idris over the “malicious prosecution” of former governor of Abia State, Uzor Kalu. HURIWA, in an earlier…
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