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EX – PARTE APPLICATION IN REMAND PROCEEDINGS, AN AMBUSH AGAINST A SUSPECT/DEFENDANT UNDER THE AKS ACJL: OPTIONS THAT AVAIL A SUSPECT/DEFENDANT/DEFENCE LAWYER By  ~ Meti M. Ukpeh, Esq.  A.)  As we all know, a remand proceeding is simply, a criminal procedure undertaken by a criminal prosecutor before a Magistrates’ Court who will remand a suspect in custody as a result of felonious charges or capital offences against the suspect/defendant. This procedure had been rampant, prior to the new law, the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Akwa Ibom State (hereinafter referred to as, the “new law”, “law” or “ACJL”), as lay police prosecutors found comfort in charging suspects/accused (now defendants) with capital offences in the Magistrates’ Court who, in recourse to its lack of jurisdiction to try such offences, will remand these suspects/defendants in custody pending when a formal charge is instituted in the High Court against the suspect/defendant, as the case may be. However, thanks ...

EX – PARTE APPLICATION IN REMAND PROCEEDINGS, AN AMBUSH AGAINST A SUSPECT/DEFENDANT UNDER THE AKS ACJL: OPTIONS THAT AVAIL A SUSPECT/DEFENDANT/DEFENCE LAWYER By  ~ Meti M. Ukpeh, Esq.  A.)  As we all know, a remand proceeding is simply, a criminal procedure undertaken by a criminal prosecutor before a Magistrates’ Court who will remand a suspect in custody as a result of felonious charges or capital offences against the suspect/defendant. This procedure had been rampant, prior to the new law, the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Akwa Ibom State (hereinafter referred to as, the “new law”, “law” or “ACJL”), as lay police prosecutors found comfort in charging suspects/accused (now defendants) with capital offences in the Magistrates’ Court who, in recourse to its lack of jurisdiction to try such offences, will remand these suspects/defendants in custody pending when a formal charge is instituted in the High Court against the suspect/defendant, as the case may be. However, thanks ...

EX – PARTE APPLICATION IN REMAND PROCEEDINGS, AN AMBUSH AGAINST A SUSPECT/DEFENDANT UNDER THE AKS ACJL: OPTIONS THAT AVAIL A SUSPECT/DEFENDANT/DEFENCE LAWYER By  ~ Meti M. Ukpeh, Esq.  A.)  As we all know, a remand proceeding is simply, a criminal procedure undertaken by a criminal prosecutor before a Magistrates’ Court who will remand a suspect in custody as a result of felonious charges or capital offences against the suspect/defendant. This procedure had been rampant, prior to the new law, the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Akwa Ibom State (hereinafter referred to as, the “new law”, “law” or “ACJL”), as lay police prosecutors found comfort in charging suspects/accused (now defendants) with capital offences in the Magistrates’ Court who, in recourse to its lack of jurisdiction to try such offences, will remand these suspects/defendants in custody pending when a formal charge is instituted in the High Court against the suspect/defendant, as the case may be. However, thanks ...

EX – PARTE APPLICATION IN REMAND PROCEEDINGS, AN AMBUSH AGAINST A SUSPECT/DEFENDANT UNDER THE AKS ACJL: OPTIONS THAT AVAIL A SUSPECT/DEFENDANT/DEFENCE LAWYER By  ~ Meti M. Ukpeh, Esq.  A.)  As we all know, a remand proceeding is simply, a criminal procedure undertaken by a criminal prosecutor before a Magistrates’ Court who will remand a suspect in custody as a result of felonious charges or capital offences against the suspect/defendant. This procedure had been rampant, prior to the new law, the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Akwa Ibom State (hereinafter referred to as, the “new law”, “law” or “ACJL”), as lay police prosecutors found comfort in charging suspects/accused (now defendants) with capital offences in the Magistrates’ Court who, in recourse to its lack of jurisdiction to try such offences, will remand these suspects/defendants in custody pending when a formal charge is instituted in the High Court against the suspect/defendant, as the case may be. However, thanks ...

EX – PARTE APPLICATION IN REMAND PROCEEDINGS, AN AMBUSH AGAINST A SUSPECT/DEFENDANT UNDER THE AKS ACJL: OPTIONS THAT AVAIL A SUSPECT/DEFENDANT/DEFENCE LAWYER By  ~ Meti M. Ukpeh, Esq.  A.)  As we all know, a remand proceeding is simply, a criminal procedure undertaken by a criminal prosecutor before a Magistrates’ Court who will remand a suspect in custody as a result of felonious charges or capital offences against the suspect/defendant. This procedure had been rampant, prior to the new law, the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Akwa Ibom State (hereinafter referred to as, the “new law”, “law” or “ACJL”), as lay police prosecutors found comfort in charging suspects/accused (now defendants) with capital offences in the Magistrates’ Court who, in recourse to its lack of jurisdiction to try such offences, will remand these suspects/defendants in custody pending when a formal charge is instituted in the High Court against the suspect/defendant, as the case may be. However, thanks ...

EX – PARTE APPLICATION IN REMAND PROCEEDINGS, AN AMBUSH AGAINST A SUSPECT/DEFENDANT UNDER THE AKS ACJL: OPTIONS THAT AVAIL A SUSPECT/DEFENDANT/DEFENCE LAWYER By  ~ Meti M. Ukpeh, Esq.  A.)  As we all know, a remand proceeding is simply, a criminal procedure undertaken by a criminal prosecutor before a Magistrates’ Court who will remand a suspect in custody as a result of felonious charges or capital offences against the suspect/defendant. This procedure had been rampant, prior to the new law, the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Akwa Ibom State (hereinafter referred to as, the “new law”, “law” or “ACJL”), as lay police prosecutors found comfort in charging suspects/accused (now defendants) with capital offences in the Magistrates’ Court who, in recourse to its lack of jurisdiction to try such offences, will remand these suspects/defendants in custody pending when a formal charge is instituted in the High Court against the suspect/defendant, as the case may be. However, thanks ...

EX – PARTE APPLICATION IN REMAND PROCEEDINGS, AN AMBUSH AGAINST A SUSPECT/DEFENDANT UNDER THE AKS ACJL: OPTIONS THAT AVAIL A SUSPECT/DEFENDANT/DEFENCE LAWYER By  ~ Meti M. Ukpeh, Esq.  A.)  As we all know, a remand proceeding is simply, a criminal procedure undertaken by a criminal prosecutor before a Magistrates’ Court who will remand a suspect in custody as a result of felonious charges or capital offences against the suspect/defendant. This procedure had been rampant, prior to the new law, the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Akwa Ibom State (hereinafter referred to as, the “new law”, “law” or “ACJL”), as lay police prosecutors found comfort in charging suspects/accused (now defendants) with capital offences in the Magistrates’ Court who, in recourse to its lack of jurisdiction to try such offences, will remand these suspects/defendants in custody pending when a formal charge is instituted in the High Court against the suspect/defendant, as the case may be. However, thanks ...

RT. HON. ESEME EYIBOH, A DEUX EX MACHINA TO HUMANITARIAN SERVICES: AN ENCOMIUM ON THE MAN OF IDEAS By ~ Meti M. ukpeh, Esq. INTRODUCTION In a world plagued with greed, discontentment, grudge, and selfishness, deposited in every heart that is polluted by them, a philanthropist, generous, and humanitarian become unceremoniously scarce, a hard-to-find and evidently in want as men of this great magnitude tend not to live in our immediate society. Nonetheless, where one with a generous heart is found, well-cultured, mature-minded and appreciative people do not hesitate to pour unreserved encomiums on them. It is verily heart-warming, smile-instigating, to say the least, that Hon. Eseme Eyiboh, the former House of Representatives member, and current APC-ticket holder for Eket, Onna, Ibeno and Esit-Eket, is one of the very few beings that grace the soil of time. MY  ENCOUNTER WITH RT. HON. ESEME EYIBOH: The mind-eye: Like Wiss Auguste, in the Illusion of Hope, Eseme’s eloquence equals ...

RT. HON. ESEME EYIBOH, A DEUX EX MACHINA TO HUMANITARIAN SERVICES: AN ENCOMIUM ON THE MAN OF IDEAS By ~ Meti M. ukpeh, Esq. INTRODUCTION In a world plagued with greed, discontentment, grudge, and selfishness, deposited in every heart that is polluted by them, a philanthropist, generous, and humanitarian become unceremoniously scarce, a hard-to-find and evidently in want as men of this great magnitude tend not to live in our immediate society. Nonetheless, where one with a generous heart is found, well-cultured, mature-minded and appreciative people do not hesitate to pour unreserved encomiums on them. It is verily heart-warming, smile-instigating, to say the least, that Hon. Eseme Eyiboh, the former House of Representatives member, and current APC-ticket holder for Eket, Onna, Ibeno and Esit-Eket, is one of the very few beings that grace the soil of time. MY  ENCOUNTER WITH RT. HON. ESEME EYIBOH: The mind-eye: Like Wiss Auguste, in the Illusion of Hope, Eseme’s eloquence equals ...

DOES A PRIVATE PROSECUTOR NEED THE FIAT OF THE STATE A.G UNDER THE AKS. ACJL: A CUL-DE-SAC OR A CATHARSIS FOR PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS? By ~ Meti M. Ukpeh, Esq. ABSTRACT With our immediate biosphere threatened, with Nigeria a major victim of criminality, social decadence, religious uprising and upheaval, kidnapping, countless bombing, among other criminal activities, one cannot help, but to find solace in the law even when its enforceability is gravely challenged. Consequently, the gazetted Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Akwa Ibom State in 26th May, 2022, is a long awaited succor in effective criminal justice system in the state, hence, a sigh of relief for legal practitioners. Be that as it may, this work will x-ray the need and/or propriety of procuring a fiat from the Attorney-General (A.G) of the state before a private prosecutor can prosecute offence under the new law and resolutions thereof. INTRODUCTION This work, without hesitations, will proceed to appraise the meaning...