Fellow Learned Colleagues,
Our Learned colleague, Chinedu Agu, has been in DETENTION for about 20 (twenty) days now.
Regardless of his alleged offence, he is entitled to bail.
This is what we, as his colleagues, should be fighting for.
It is the court of law that would adjudicate upon whether he is guilty or not.
Detention or imprisonment is decided by the court of law after a trial.
Now it appears that his own detention and imprisonment are being imposed before his trial.
In the course of my career as a legal aid lawyer, I have been inside the prisons at Sokoto State and Kirikiri Prisons, it is both physically and psychologically traumatic place.
Let us as Nigerian lawyers, focus on securing bail for our colleague; thereafter, the judge can sentence him to life imprisonment after the trial.
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) made a strong case for the reinstatement of their affiliate PENGASSEN members who were sacked by DANGOTE REFINERY!!!
Dr Tonye Clinton Jaja for Association of Legislative Drafting and Advocacy Practitioners (ALDRAP)
