MIRACLE MONEY: ISRAEL BALOGUN DETAINED OVER PETITION BY APOSTLE JOHNSON SULEMAN
Mr. Israel Goodnews Balogun has been detained and is spending the night in a cell at the Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department (FCIID) at Area 10, Garki, Abuja
over a petition written against him by Apostle Johnson Suleman on alleged criminal defamation and cyberstalking.
Mr Balogun in a video had debunked the claims of the founder of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Suleman, that he commanded angels to send and deposit money
into the bank account of some worshippers in Auchi, Edo State and Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
Following an invitation by the police, I reported with my client today at the FCIID where we spent nearly ten (10) hours with the investigation team.
My client was admitted to bail late but on very stringent conditions, to wit: that he has to produce a level 14 civil servant or above who should deposit either his last promotion letter or a letter of introduction
and a second surety who should have a certificate of occupancy or be a businessman with certificate of incorporation issued by the CAC.
We successfully produced a retired civil servant who also has a C-of-O and also produced a level 13 civil servant who had a copy of his last promotion letter and his official identity card.
However, the police insisted that the civil servant must give them a letter of introduction in addition to his last promotion letter. On this basis, my client who honoured the invitation without compulsion was thrown into the cell to spend the night.
We will make more efforts to secure the bail of Mr Israel on Thursday at the FCIID; while hoping that the police will relax these very stringent bail conditions which are usually set for serious offences like murder, kidnapping and terrorism.
Apostle Suleman is yet to present his miracle money angels. We hope that the police will ask him to do so as part of their investigation since the Nigeria Police Force has deemed the ludicrous claims by Apostle Suleman worth investigating and detaining a citizen for.
Inibehe Effiong
Counsel to Israel Balogun.
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MIRACLE MONEY: NIGERIA POLICE SHOULD NOT ALLOW ITSELF TO BE USED BY APOSTLE JOHNSON SULEMAN TO HARASS ISRAEL BALOGUN
Our client, Mr. Israel Goodnews Balogun, has received an invitation from the Special Enquiry Bureau, Force Criminal Intelligence
and Investigation Department, Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, Abuja signed by ACP Y. Y. Abubakar, to report for interview on 13th August, 2021 over an alleged case of "Criminal Defamation and Cyberstalking."
The invitation follows a threat issued to our client by lawyers to Apostle Johnson Suleman, the Founder of Omega Fire Ministries, over the views expressed by our client in which he disavowed the baseless, false, unsubstantiated and ridiculous miracle money claims
It is becoming embarrassing and at the same time increasingly difficult for young people to write and express themselves properly when chatting or communicating with someone on social media.
Proper communication should not be so difficult, especially when you are chatting with someone you are not very familiar with.
How do you begin a conversation with someone with irritating usages like “sup”, “hw ws ur nyt”, “GM”, “aait” and the likes? It is offensive.
It is a way of signaling that you're not prepared for important conversation.
If you send messages to me using those fragmented, esoteric, casual, mundane and irritating usages, I will likely ignore or treat your messages with levity.
Immediate past Attorney General of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Uwemedimo Nwoko SAN has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). My position is that he should clear his name in court.
Officials of the Akwa Ibom State Government believe that they are above the law. The whole world recently read scandalous reports from the Accountant General of the State on how the current governor is wasting public funds with impunity.
As Attorney General, Nwoko SAN ensured that frivolous charges were filed against those who opposed the government of Akwa Ibom State. He basically turned the State Ministry of Justice into a partisan machinery of the ruling party in the State.
Pro-government minions are in the habit of invoking the name of the Great Gani Fawehinmi in their desperation to scandalize other activists. The same Gani was despised by successive regimes. If Gani were still alive, these sycophants will abuse him. Gani was accused falsely too.
Dr. Olu Onagoruwa betrayed Gani, his friend, and accepted to serve as Attorney General to Gen. Abacha. When he opted out, Abacha junta murdered his son who was working with the NIA. Dr Onagoruwa falsely accused Gani of collecting money from Gen. Buhari to buy a house in London.
Chief Gani Fawehinmi refuted the allegation. On several times, Gani was arrested on trumped up charges, including affray, treasonable felony and so on. In the eyes of the corrupt regimes, he was a criminal. Gani was hated. Attempts were made to kill him. He was despised.
I like the Venezuelan opposition leader, Juan Guaidó. I am also opposed to communism.
But it is clear that the sanctions that the Trump administration imposed on Venezuela and the Maduro regime has impacted Venezuelans negatively. It has crumbled their economy.
Saab is being targeted by the US because he was doing a lot to undermine the sanctions. I don't have the facts of the money laundering allegations made by the US. It may well be true. What is certain is that he made it possible for Venezuela to avoid sanctions in a limited way.
Someone drew my attention not long ago to the List. This is a List that was developed as a proposal before those listed in it were approached. I became interested in the Alex Saab's case due to the following reasons:
1. I have a close relationship with Saab's lawyer in Nigeria.
2. The case is of interest to me because of the legal and diplomatic issues at stake, particularly the ECOWAS Court involvement.
3. Someone that I know and worked with in the past spoke to me about it and requested that I offer legal hindsight on it and also tag some accounts.
4. I respect my relationship with people except where there is a clear indication of impropriety.
Ordinarily, there's no way that I will go on social media to speak against the interest of someone that is being represented by a lawyer that I have a close relationship with.