EX- Nigerian Judge Justice Paul Under Fire!!!

As Lawyer Mai Fatty Rubbishes Paul’s “ Cheap  Propaganda” Claims.

“Paul, the iconic hustler, opportunist and mercenary."

The catalogue of injustice perpetrated by Paul is endless, and here, I have not even succeeded in arriving at the pigeon hole. His departure from The Gambia Judiciary is opportunity for stock taking, and a classic text book authority on "How to satisfactorily abuse the Judicial Oath with enthusiastic gusto."Lawyer Mai Fatty, Writes from an undisclosed location.

By Mai N.K Fatty, Esq 
 

Editor Mbai:

Many compliments!

Let me state in limine that one of the greatest ignominy of all times inflicted on the Gambian judiciary was the appointment of Madubuchi Paul to the Gambian Bench. I assert so with maximum authority, without any regrets and without a molecule reservation. Equally,  I invite Paul to a public intellectual dwell as to the veracity of the greatest concoction of his life - that he served Gambians according to the Judicial Oath. Yes he did serve, but served the collectivity of Gambians the most potent poison ever from any judicial alter - a very versatile serpent that frished its malignant venom at the foundation of Gambian justice with near-irreparable impact.
This lunatic of a man, who is in the pathetic folly of inflating his insane ego will never get it. It is alleged in your piece that litigants and lawyers rush to his court to get justice!! There exposes his lunacy! I am a Legal Practitioner and a member of The Gambia Bar Association. The records will show that together with others, we led a systematic and sustained campaign for a boycott of the devil’s court for almost four years, and even those one or two lawyers who broke the ranks were severely censored at a Bar meeting specially convened for that purpose, and since then refrained from appearing. At the inception of the boycott, Paul had almost three hundred pending cases before him, and all efforts by the Bar to get the Chief Justice to retrieve the case files from him and re-assigned them to other Judges failed. A serious tug of war ensued within the judiciary between the Bar and the Chief Justice as a result of which, the Bar then extended its campaign to restore judicial dignity and prosperity, finally culminating in the removal of the then Chief Justice.
To add salt to injury, Paul was subsequently elevated to the The Gambia Court of Appeal by the authorities (to the absolute shock and dismay of the Bar), where scores of appeal cases against his decisions in the High Court were gathering massive dust, including cases in which I was Counsel. It is therefore a characteristic lie to claim in the piece that litigants were happy to go home with his decisions. Litigants in The Gambia all know Paul for his megalomaniac propensities and humongous judicial indiscretions - a judge who does not know how to spell the word J.U.S.T.I.C.E, let alone understand this venerable concept.
True, he performed his duties as a classic mercenary judge, murdering every practical idea of freedom, justice and the rule of law. The tenure of Paul as a judge marked the apex of the most dangerous degeneration of judicial integrity in Gambian history, and he perfected the art of collusion and complicity with tyrannical orders to usurp every breath of freedom known to Gambians, through judicial hook and crook. Pauls’s judicial office was a mere extension of government prosecution office, and Gambians have known this, sadly with depilating consequences.
In sending Lawyer Antouman Gaye to prison, Paul was merely fulfilling his oath of sending Gambian human rights defenders to the gallows. He perceived the court as a boot camp, and saw lawyers as obstacles to autocracy. His twisted notion of the "state", "liberty", "democracy" and "justice" led him to wage an unsuccessful onslaught against all and any Gambian with an alternative political perception different from the current dispensation as a "criminal". He constantly meddled openly into our internal politics and conspicuously made references in court, while in judicial robe, on political matters that had no bearing on issues before him, in defense of the system. He insulted Gambian Muslims, and publicly expressed contempt for Islamic way of life, and later issued a half-hearted official apology through a Deputy Permanent Secretary in the media.
Not only that, Paul is the first and only Judge in Gambian history to be publicly investigated by Gambian Parliament for fraud and corruption, and invited by the Inspector General of Police, as a sitting Judge. On that occasion, I campaigned publicly to have him suspended from the Bench, until completion of investigations, and further, I took up the matter of his suspension with the Chief Justice (records will show), and eventually the Chief Justice did suspend him - the first and only Judge suspended from the Bench for alleged impropriety, in Gambian history.
Not only that, he executed his task at the Commission alluded to with "enthusiasm". He was enthusiastic in the conspiracy to witch-hunt and victimise perceived opponents of the regime. There too, I appeared before him as Counsel, and it is also true that almost all of the adverse findings he made at the Commission as a Judge Chairman have been appealed against in the Gambia Court of Appeal. By law, the Commission he presided over had the same standing simpliciter as a High Court. The Gambia Court of Appeal in fact stayed execution of his findings, and the Government proceeded to flout the Order of The Gambia Court of Appeal on this. These are matters of public record that cannot be denied.

The greatest expression of contempt displayed towards this ingrate was the decision of the Government and his patrons not only to abandon his findings later but to effectively neutralise and act against his findings. For instance, the issue of Yankuba Touray is a clear example. A person of honour would have resigned at that point, but no, no, not Paul!
The catalogue of injustice perpetrated by Paul is endless, and here, I have not even succeeded in arriving at the pigeon hole. His departure from The Gambia Judiciary is opportunity for stock taking, and a classic text book authority on "How to satisfactorily abuse the Judicial Oath with enthusiastic gusto."
I have tried to restrain myself, but in doing so, I also realised that the bitter agony over a legendary affront against everything decently Gambian by this judicial hustler took precedence by itself. Some of my colleagues contend that the answer to a mighty fool like Paul is always silence, and in this situation, I believe that even as I keenly observe developments from the walls of this physio-therapy clinic, silence is not condonable under the circumstances. Others would like to wait for Paul´s further reaction or further attempt to glorify himself - as they say, let him hang himself.
The truth is that Paul seems to be shopping for sympathy from Gambians where he got none to purchase, and he still persist in using his unlawful imprisonment of the venerable human rights lawyer Antouman Gaye on his sympathy shopping list - what a shame. Yet he expects Gambians who have been his unfortunate victims for the past six years to sing Kumbaya for him!! A big fool that he is, he will never get it!!