| 词条 | Kanu Godwin Agabi |
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|name = Kanu Godwin Agabi |image = |office1 = Minister of Justice of Nigeria |term_start1 = June 1999 |term_end1 = January 2000 |predecessor1 = Abdullahi Ibrahim |successor1 = Bola Ige |office2 = Minister of Solid Minerals Development |term_start2 = January 2000 |term_end2 = 2002 |predecessor2 = Musa Gwadabe |successor2 = |office3 = Minister of Justice of Nigeria |term_start3 = 2002 |term_end3 = 2003 |predecessor3 = Bola Ige |successor3 = Bayo Ojo |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = |party = |Educational background = }} Kanu Godwin Agabi, SAN, is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who was a National Senator, and was twice Attorney General and Minister of Justice of the federation during the presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo. Kanu was appointed a Senior Advocate of Nigeria on 15 September 1997.[1] In the April 1999 elections, Kanu ran for governor of Cross River State, but was defeated by Donald Duke. He was said to be a candidate for the same position in the 2003 elections.[2] Minister of JusticeIn March 2002, Kanu wrote in a letter to Nigerian state governors that the application of strict Islamic or Sharia law was unconstitutional, since some judgments passed under Sharia discriminated against Muslims.[3] That month, Amina Lawal, a young Nigerian woman accused of giving birth to a child out of wedlock was sentenced to death by stoning, a punishment that was confirmed in August 2002 by a Shari'ah court of appeals in Funtua, Katsina State. Kanu came under pressure from Amnesty International to abolish the death penalty in Nigeria.[4] In May 2003, the Attorney General urged a Federal High Court in Abuja to order the arrest of the National Assembly leadership, and to imprison them for contempt of the court. He appealed to the court to set aside the anti-graft bill which the National Assembly had passed into law despite a presidential veto.[5] Later careerIn June 2007, Kanu represented the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in a suit launched by General Muhammadu Buhari, the Presidential candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), seeking to jail the INEC Chairman Professor Maurice Iwu for refusing to allow Buhari's lawyers access to electoral materials.[6] In May 2009, Kanu was counsel for the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Power, Nicholas Ugbane, who had been charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of complicity in defrauding the government of about N5.2 billion earmarked for rural electrification.[7] References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.nigerianlawguru.com/information/SENIOR%20ADVOCATES%20OF%20NIGERIA.pdf |title=SENIOR ADVOCATES OF NIGERIA |publisher=The Nigerian Law Guru |accessdate=13 February 2010}} {{Nigerian Ministers of Justice}}{{Cabinet of President Olusegun Obasanjo 1999-2003}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Agabi, Kanu Godwin}}2. ^{{cite web |url = http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2002/10/04/20021004pol07.html |title = Cross River: As the 2003 Battle Rages |author = Joseph Ushigiale |work = ThisDay |date = 4 October 2002 |accessdate = 13 February 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051114081323/http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2002/10/04/20021004pol07.html |archive-date = 2005-11-14 |dead-url = yes |df = }} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.womenalliance.org/pdf/MarchApril2002.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002175311/http://www.womenalliance.org/pdf/MarchApril2002.pdf |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2011-10-02 |title=NIGERIA: Justice minister says Sharia against constitution |work=IAW Newsletter |date=March–April 2002 |issue=3 |publisher=International Alliance of Women |accessdate=13 February 2010 }} 4. ^{{cite web |url = http://www.exodusnews.com/worldnews/world037.htm |date = 21 August 2002 |title = Death by Stoning Upheld in the Case of Nigerian Woman Amina Lawal |publisher = EXODUS On-line |accessdate = 13 February 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081120220547/http://www.exodusnews.com/worldnews/world037.htm |archive-date = 2008-11-20 |dead-url = yes |df = }} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://news.biafranigeriaworld.com/archive/2003/may/15/ |work=BNW News |title=The Revenge of Aremu!:Agabi Wants Anyim, Na'Abba Imprisoned |date=15 May 2003 |accessdate=13 February 2010}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200706150232.html |title=Contempt - Court Rules On Iwu June 21 |author=Funso Muraina |date=15 June 2007 |work=ThisDay |accessdate=13 February 2010}} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/news/article05//indexn3_html?pdate=190509&ptitle=Court%20remands%20Ugbane,%20Elumelu%20others%20in%20Kuje%20Prison&cpdate=190509 |date=19 May 2009 |title=Court remands Ugbane, Elumelu others in Kuje Prison |author=Lemmy Ughegbe |work=Guardian |accessdate=13 February 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} 6 : Nigerian lawyers|Senior Advocates of Nigeria|Living people|Justice ministers of Nigeria|Attorneys General of Nigeria|Year of birth missing (living people) |
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