Written by Paradoxically, Stephen Jonah Adah, though not an Israelite or Ethiopian, but a Hausa, likes to think of himself as a “pastor” and “prophet”.
Under the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria FIFTH SCHEDULE PART II Stephen Jonah Adah is a Public Officer for the purpose of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers set out under the FIFTH SCHEDULE PART I.
Paragraph 6 (1) of the Code states:
“A public officer shall not ask for or accept property or benefits of any kind for himself or any other person on account of anything done or omitted to be done by him in the discharge of his duties”Also pertinent to his station in the Nigerian society is the Judicial Oath which he took, to the effect that:
“I will discharge my duties, and perform my functions honestly, to the best of my ability and faithfully in accordance with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the law; that I will abide by the Code of Conduct contained in the Fifth Schedule to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; that I will not allow my personal interest to influence my official conduct or my official decisions; that I will preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria”
Judge Jonah and Fundamental Rights cases
All Fundamental or Human Rights related summonses issued out of the Registry of the Federal High Court, Ikeja Judicial Decision are struck out by Judge Jonah Adah. Often Judge Jonah does not give reasons.
Recently a Bishop, from Ibadan, appeared before Judge Jonah. He looked down on that Bishop. While the Bishop was on his feet, Judge Jonah simply sniggered while the lawyers in his court echoed: “as the court pleases”!!!!
Dubious and doubtful Judgments
Almost every case before Judge Jonah is decided wrongly. Unfortunately, the appeal process is expensive. A Notice of Appeal costs between NGN185, 000 and NGN300,000 to issue and serve, depending on the size of pleadings. The courts and the processes involved in the administration of justice in Nigeria put people off the quest for human rights in Nigeria.
Elsewhere, I pointed out that Nigerian courts are for money launderers, embezzlers, and merchants of corruption. In Nigeria, governors, ministers, law makers don’t steal thousands of naira – they steal billions and trillions of naira. And yet, none of the 36 governors has paid the 18,000 minimum wage to workers.
Case against KLM – Royal Dutch AirlineA multi-million law suit was taken out against KLM in February 2011 for transporting the Plaintiff from Netherlands to Nigeria on June 22, 2010 without proper documentation and concealing its destination from the plaintiff. Other defendants are: the Attorney General of the Federation (2nd defendant), Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service (3rd defendant); and Minister of Foreign Affairs (4th defendant)
In the mean time, a very dirty, unkempt, tramp-looking Hausa, by the name of Mohammed Awwal Abubakar, prime mover of judgment procurement cartel covering Abuja, Lagos, Kano, Kaduna and Sokoto, employed the services of Kenna and Associates, Usman and Elema, and one Mrs. Sarah H. Daniel, to work with Judge Stephen Jonah Adah, to defeat the Plaintiff’s suit. It was a clear case of conspiracy to pervert justice.
Abubakar set to work on a plot to take KLM to cleaners. To do that effectively, he employed Kenna and Associates to represent the AG; Usman & Elema to represent KLM, and Mrs. Sarah H. Daniel to represent Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Attribution of perjury to the Attorney GeneralAbubakar set to work on a plot to take KLM to the cleaners. He induced Kenna and Associates to issue a Disclaimer on behalf of the Attorney General. The Disclaimer was to the effect that neither the Attorney General nor the Federal Government had any hand in the transportation of the Plaintiff. It was a rouse to deceive the Plaintiff into thinking that the Attorney General was indeed a man of justice.
The Plaintiff caused enquiries to be made at the Ministry of Justice in Abuja. It transpired that Messrs Kenna and Associates who claimed on their website to represent foreign governments, were not instructed by the Attorney General.
Judge Jonah resentment
No wonder, Judge Jonah Adah was very unhappy with the Plaintiff while the case was before him. Most Nigerian Judges, do not appreciate court users who want to defend themselves. They prefer all litigants to be represented because they feel safe to take dirty money from defendants if negotiations are carried out by defence lawyers, appearing before them.
In August, 2011 the Federal Government uncovered corruption in the Judiciary involving some NGN106 billion stashed away in London and Dubai.
Around September 8, 2011 the whole truth, nothing but the truth came out. Kenna and Associates were working with Abubakar to induce Judge Stephen Jonah Adah to give judgment favourable to KLM. It was a clear case of conspiracy to pervert justice.
Kenna and AssociatesThe firm of Kenna and Associates are run by two brothers – Dr. Michael Ajokwu (SAN) and Mr. Fabian Ikenna Ajokwu (SAN). They make all sorts of claims on their website – Kenna and Associates. But the reality is simply that the firm is involved in the Judgment Procurement cartel run by Abubakar. Judge Stephen Jonah was not a spectator – he was well and truly involved in the operations of the cartel under the chairman of Abubakar.
PetitioningAny petition to remove Judge Adah and to put Abubakar on a criminal trial may not work, because the institutions are controlled by Northerners. Both men are from the Northern part of the country.
Further reading – Grounds of Appeal in the KLM case