WHERE LIES YOUR MORAL VALUE TSOHO

After the 30minutes adjournment, defending
counsel Chucks Muoma stated that on 10 of December 2015, when Five charges was
brought against the defendants, he was granted bail. On the 20th January when
the case was transferred to Justice John Tsoho, the court waited for the
presumed witnesses, to come and testify but to no avail after he had countered for
a Masquerade trial and that an accused person must be accused by his accuser’s
eye ball to eye ball. He stated that the motion presented by the prosecutors on
the 19th, there is no place in the Law for sentiment or emotions and that he
submit with utmost respect facts to go in with his claims. The defending
counsel stated that it is quite laughable, that the prosecuting counsel is
claiming the presumed witnesses are been threatened through calls on phone,
when the defendants don't even have their numbers. He asked who is calling who?
When the witness’s phone numbers have not been presented to the Court that he wouldn't
want the prosecuting counsel to be rigmarole without hitting presenting standard
evidence, to guide his claims. And that, he is ready to sleep in the Court, if
he feels he can continue dealing this case.
And went further to ask, if this is the
only case that the Court will be dwelling on as he read out Nigeria
Constitution from Section 351 sub1 of the application of Criminal Justice of
2015 which demanded that the witnesses be arrested for not showing up in Court.
The Prosecuting counsel countered that, his witnesses are ready to testify in
Court and that he is ready to go at any length to follow up the case. He was
objected by the defending counsel and stated that, the prosecuting counsel
should stop holding everyone including the defendants Combats and Captive by
not hitting the fact, because this is not the only case he is handling.
The prosecuting counsel pleaded that, the
witnesses should be granted secret trial and at least seen behind the screen
while they testify in Court. San Chucks Muoma objected him and said the ruling
against secret trial has been ruled in the previously thus should be followed
up. And that the presumed witnesses cannot come into the Court premises and
keep everyone waiting, without showing up in the Court room to testify SAN
Chucks Muoma stated that, nobody have undergone such trial before. And that he
doesn't know how the witnesses will be brought to Court and testify through the
screen. The Judge backed his rulings by stating that, this is not the first case
where a screen is been used as he states that Former President of Ivory Coast
used a Mask at the International Court but SAN Chucks Muoma stated that Ivory
Coast are making use of the Civil Law where you are presumed guilty before
trial, but Common Wealth countries practice Common Law as the Judge then said,
that the use of mask is different from the use of screens and that if need be,
an example can be shown, So the Leader of the Indigenous people of Biafra will
be tries in a secretly.
OSCAR LEE
FAMILY WRITER
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