*WHO GETS COMPENSATION FOR CRIMES IN NIGERIA; VICTIMS OR GOVERNMENT?*
Daily Law Tips (Tip 475) by Onyekachi Umah, Esq., LLM. ACIArb(UK)

Onyekachi Umah
Onyekachi Umah is a private Legal Practitioner with amazing experience in human right, criminal law and civil law including; pre-trial detention, human rights enforcement, intellectual property, transaction and regulation advisory, corporate, commercial, investment law and energy law as well as litigation and arbitration arising from them. He is a Legal Awareness Expert and also a Certified Arbitrator both in Nigeria and the United Kingdom. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) and a Certified Conflict Management Practitioner and Negotiator. He is a member of prestigious “Young ICSID” of International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), Washington DC. Among other, he has a certificate in Law of Contract from a program of Harvard University, a certificate in International Environmental Negotiation from United Nations Institute for Training and Research, Geneva and recently, a certificate in Conflict Management from United States Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C. He also holds a master of laws degree and he is a doctoral student at the faculty of law, NSUK.
Onyekachi is the managing partner of a leading law firm; Bezaleel Chambers International. He is the founder and President of a free law awareness platform known as www.LearnNigerianLaws.com that promotes awareness and understanding of rights and laws of Nigeria (#SabiLaw) and offers free daily law tips (#DailyLawTips). Understanding the challenges of Administration of Criminal Justice in Nigeria, he dedicates his daily law tips every Mondays to promoting Criminal Justice (#CriminalJusticeMonday). Recently, he started a new series on Election Laws tagged (#SabiElectionLaws) to increase legal awareness on elections laws, policies and regulations in Nigeria. He is the convener of the Sabi Law Lecture Series (#SabiLawLectureSeries), travelling around Nigeria delivering free law awareness lectures. He also organises and sponsors a quarterly competition, titled "Sabi Law Video Challenge" (#SabiLawVideoChallenge) where Nigerians win money (over $130.00 per winner) for making videos of themselves talking on any law or right as a way to promote law awareness and have fun. To further promote legal awareness among Nigerians across the world, he started a law awareness show titled "Sabi Law With Onyekachi Umah, Esq" (#SabiLawWithOnyekachiUmahEsq) showing on social media platforms via @LearnNigerianLaws.
Mr. Umah has written over Four Hundred (400) free to access articles and materials on law with a desire to enlighten the public. He is also on the board of companies and non government organisations. Among others, he is serving as a member of the Advisory Committee for Law Clinics Partnership for Reforming Pre-trial Detention in Kuje Prison Project funded by the United States Department Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement. He is an executive member of the Pre-Trial Curriculum and Handbook Review Committee. For more selfless service, is a member of the Rotary Club of Abuja, Metro (RCAM), District 9125. He was featured as the Legal Personality of the Week by This Day Newspaper (a leading national newspaper) on its September 11, 2018 edition and was also featured on the NigeriaLawyer.com as the Legal Personality of the Week on November 14, 2018. He has won several honours and awards for his innovative legal practise across the world.
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*BUSINESS OF ASSISTING PEOPLE TO OBTAIN INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT IS A CRIME.*
Daily Law Tips (Tip 473) by Onyekachi Umah, Esq., LLM. ACIArb(UK)
Unlike “sin” and “morality”, “crime” is only what the laws says is a crime. In Nigeria, the business of working as broker/agent for obtaining of international passport is a criminal offence. Whether the concerned international passport is genuine or not and whether the crime was committed at the office/vicinity of the Nigeria Immigration Service or any other place are all immaterial. The offence is punishable with imprisonment for ten (10) years and or a fine of Two Million Naira(N 2,000,000.00).
My authorities are sections 10(1)(f), 116 and 117 of the Immigration Act, 2015.
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*DURATION WITHIN WHICH THE SENATE MUST RESPOND TO PRESIDENT’S REQUEST TO DEPLOY ARMED FORCES ON COMBAT DUTY OUTSIDE NIGERIA.*
Daily Law Tips (Tip 455) by Onyekachi Umah, Esq., LLM. ACIArb(UK)
The Constitution of Nigeria directs the conducts of all arms of government. Generally the President, though the Commander in Chief of Armed Forces of Nigeria, cannot deploy any member of the armed forces of Nigeria on combat duty outside Nigeria except with the approval of the Senate.
However, where the President in consultation with the National Defence Council is satisfied that the national security of Nigeria is under imminent danger or threat, the President can deploy members of the armed forces of Nigeria on a limited combat duty outside Nigeria without approval of the Senate. Within 7 days of actual combat engagement of such deployed troop, the President must seek the consent of the Senate and the Senate is at liberty to consent or refuse to give consent within 14 days. The constitution is silent on a situation where the Senate fails to give its decision within the stipulated 14 days, however, one may assume that the President will veto/override the Senate at such time.
My authorities are sections 5(4),5(5), 318 and 319 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999.
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*APPROVED NUMBER OF DEPUTY CONTROLLERS-GENERAL FOR THE NIGERIAN CORRECTIONAL SERVICES AND THEIR APPOINTMENT PROCEDURE.*
Daily Law Tips (Tip 445) by Onyekachi Umah, Esq., LLM. ACIArb(UK)
Nigerian Correctional Services replaced the Nigerian Prisons Services. The head of Nigerian Correctional Services is the Controller-General. Immediately below the Controller-General are Deputy Controllers-General.
There must be at least 8 Deputy Controllers-General heading Directorates and reporting directly to the Controller-General. Deputy Controllers-General are appointed from serving Assistant Controllers-General by the President of Nigeria on the recommendation of the Board.
My authority is section 7 of the Nigerian Correctional Service Act, 2019.
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*CAN A NON-REGISTERED/ACCREDITED AGENT OF CAC REGISTER AN INCORPORATED TRUSTEE.*
Daily Law Tips (Tip 436) by Onyekachi Umah, Esq., LLM. ACIArb(UK)
Corporate Affairs Commence (CAC) is in-charge of registration of business, creation of lawful entities. CAC does not allow non registered and accredited agents to access their services and register incorporated trustees, except where such unaccredited person seeking to register an incorporated trustee is a member of the board of incorporated trustees that he/she seeks to register. There is need for accreditation number of accredited agent seeking to register an incorporated trustee, this makes it hard and often impossible for non-accredited persons and touts to commence and complete the process of registration. Most non-accredited persons end up engaging accredited agent of CAC to continue and complete the entire process. Besides, the processes, constitution and minutes needed for the exercise are often specialised and need the services of a lawyer-Notary Public to certify. The Portal of CAC requires accreditation numbers of its accredited agents. By the way, a non-lawyer and non-accredited agent will not be able to defend any resulting legal action in the process of objections to process during the 28days newspaper notice.
It is a criminal offence for a non-lawyer to prepare documents where such may be used in court.
My authority is section 22 (1)(d) of the Legal Practitioners Act, 1975.
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