Festus Keyamo on Abuja Bombing.

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Festus Keyamo on Abuja Bombing. Nigerian State Security Service are bungling investigations relating to the October 1st Independence Day Abuja Bombing. Festus Keyamo Solicitor to Charles Okah. Nigerian Bar Association Condemn Secret Trial "Only yesterday, Thursday, the airwaves were awash with news that operatives of the SSS prevented suspects of the October 1, 2010 bomb blast at Abuja, representation in court as lawyers hired by them were not allowed access to court. "This morning, the print media reported the same news. I have again confirmed from counsel representing the said suspects about the news regarding their access into their work place (the court room) and I was told that they were denied access. "The implication of the conduct of these overzealous or misguided operatives is manifold. "Firstly, denial of right to counsel is a grave breach of the accused's fundamental rights as well as an assault of the due process of law. It is a monumental embarrassment to the trial; procedure in Nigeria that our officials can by such misbehavior taint a bonafide criminal proceeding irretrievably "Secondly, the exclusion of journalists from criminal proceedings no matter how serious deprives Nigerians of their ruight to freedom of information "Thirdly, the magistrate ought not to have engaged in judicial proceedings where it was apparent that his court had been barricaded with counsel excluded. What he has unwittingly acceded to is to render the entire proceedings a farce devoid of the minimum standards of a ...