Everyone on Twitter NG knows Japheth Omojuwa is an overlord, right? He has 449k followers on Twitter. He is an entrepreneur as well as a social media influencer. He is usually quite vocal on Political Twitter.
Now with the discovery of $43.4m, £27,800 and N23.2m by operatives of the Economic Financial Crime and Commission (EFCC) at 16 Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, a residential apartment in Lagos, it was only natural for Twitter Nigeria to raise their glasses in celebration.
Doubting Thomases were unimpressed, though. For them, the question is simple: what’s the point of throwing out pictures of discovered monies yet lose these cases in court?
EFCC has come again with their money photoshoot and twitter fingers. We want well-prepared cases that lead to conviction abeg
— Abike (@Jollz) April 12, 2017
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Japheth Omojuwa was quick to speak for the EFCC. He laid the blame for the EFCC’s inability to secure convictions for financial crimes at the foot of the courts:
We keep blaming @officialEFCC for not winning cases. I am sure they deserve some of that. But the courts, are they fighting corruption too?
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) April 12, 2017
Look how many retweets that got, and how many ignorant comments spun out of it.
They are for small thieves who hopelessly stole few thousands or millions but for big bucaneers, they are partners in crime!
— ChangeToProgress (@shittu10) April 13, 2017
So Lawyers decided he needed a quick tutorial. Let’s call it Legal Method 101
Not a lawyer, this one. But he knows:
Courts don't fight corruption. They pass judgement based on provenance of facts and what the law says https://t.co/WEIB4FD8C6
— Tunde Leye (@tundeleye) April 13, 2017
courts don't fight corruption, they are independent and impartial arbiters, deciding cases strictly based on evidence before them.
— L. Gbenga (@L_Gbenga1) April 13, 2017
while only pics can convict an innocent man in media court,standard of proof in court of law is different @tundeleye
— Declan Ekenna (@chiedoziedeclan) April 13, 2017
That is the case of Efcc,they hurry so much to file a charge rather than build their cases@tundeleye
— Declan Ekenna (@chiedoziedeclan) April 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/Seyi__/status/852410044629094400
The court is an impartial body and it is not the duty of the court to fight corruption. https://t.co/HAGZkOGF1K
— Chief Fuji (@MONSIEURBLAC) April 13, 2017
Oddy quips:
'Their Overlord told dem d Judiciary's duty is to fight corruption. He also told them an oil well goes for $500Billion.
'Go bring am come' pic.twitter.com/eCNieuLVpR
— Baṣọ̀run Gáà (@Oddy4real) April 13, 2017
Oh, and by the way:
That they've uncovered large sums doesn't necessarily mean the money was obtained illegally sha.
— Eustache Dauger (@Punthief) April 13, 2017
It's still up to the owner to state how the money was got and for EFCC to prove otherwise.
— Eustache Dauger (@Punthief) April 13, 2017
…You'll realize the EFCC is just playing around. Finding money is just the tip of the iceberg
— #PrayForFergie (@Black_Cristiano) April 13, 2017
Just the tip. Just the tip. Carry Lord Denning come may e come prosecute case without evidence and new wig go still beat am for court. https://t.co/HaHvcNYH0J
— Eustache Dauger (@Punthief) April 13, 2017
Lesson learned?
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