Justice Hussein Baba Yusuf of an Abuja High Court lambasted Joseph Daudu, a former President of NBA and counsel to ex-NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki on Monday as both men engaged in verbal exchange in the open court over the trial of Dasuki for alleged diversion of $2.1billion arms fund.
Dasuki through Daudu, SAN, had filed a fresh application to consolidate the others charges against him in two High Courts in Abuja.
Immediately Daudu introduced the motion, Justice Baba Yusuf became angry and challenged him on what his client would suffer should the two courts go ahead with the trial.
The judge lambasted Daudu for employing delay tactics to shield Dasuki from trial, insisting that the tactic he has been using would no longer work in his own court.
Daudu’s insistence that the motion be determined one way or the other before the trial would begin further provoked the judge who vowed not to give any indulgence to him or move to delay the trial.
“If you think the mission of this new motion is to delay the trial, I can assure you that it has already failed. I know your antecedents in this type of cases, filing frivolous, baseless and un-warranted motions to frustrate the court and trial of your client.
“I know the next motion you will file will be to ask me to withdraw or disqualify myself from this case, I will not succumb to your old fashion of doing things. It will not work in my court.
“I have over-indulged you and I am ready to go ahead with this trial today. I cannot be coming here to waste my time, I have granted you enough respect, this application is a disrespect to me.
“I have known you for certain things, if you have a court where people will dance to your tune, go to that court. I am not ready to dance to your tune.
“You are here with a dishonest motive as far as this motion is concern. The whole target is to frustrate the trial, but you will fail. "
At this point a former Attorney General of the Federation, Chief Akin Olujimi (SAN) begged the judge. He said: “I have never seen your lordship in this kind of situation and please adjourn to enable us sort out things.”
Justice Baba Yusuf, for the sake of Chief Olujimi, pardoned Daudu and adjourned the matter till June 15.
The judge lambasted Daudu for employing delay tactics to shield Dasuki from trial, insisting that the tactic he has been using would no longer work in his own court.
Daudu’s insistence that the motion be determined one way or the other before the trial would begin further provoked the judge who vowed not to give any indulgence to him or move to delay the trial.
“If you think the mission of this new motion is to delay the trial, I can assure you that it has already failed. I know your antecedents in this type of cases, filing frivolous, baseless and un-warranted motions to frustrate the court and trial of your client.
“I know the next motion you will file will be to ask me to withdraw or disqualify myself from this case, I will not succumb to your old fashion of doing things. It will not work in my court.
“I have over-indulged you and I am ready to go ahead with this trial today. I cannot be coming here to waste my time, I have granted you enough respect, this application is a disrespect to me.
“I have known you for certain things, if you have a court where people will dance to your tune, go to that court. I am not ready to dance to your tune.
“You are here with a dishonest motive as far as this motion is concern. The whole target is to frustrate the trial, but you will fail. "
At this point a former Attorney General of the Federation, Chief Akin Olujimi (SAN) begged the judge. He said: “I have never seen your lordship in this kind of situation and please adjourn to enable us sort out things.”
Justice Baba Yusuf, for the sake of Chief Olujimi, pardoned Daudu and adjourned the matter till June 15.
- This is just why many "corrupt" politicians hire SANs, they know how to frustrate and delay cases.
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