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Buhari Government Has No Respect For The Rule Of Law - Adeyanju by Stanbic(m): 7:52pm On Oct 08, 2016 |
Buhari's govt has no respect
for the rule of law - Adeyanju
– Outspoken youth member of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) Deji Adeyanju has
described the recent abduction-like raid of
the homes of some judges shows that the
administration of President Muhammadu
Buhari has no respect for the rule of law
– He said Buhari has no respect for the
principles of separation of powers and is
only interested in using the apparatus of
state to harass real and perceived enemies
Deji Adeyanju
Outspoken youth member of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) Deji Adeyanju has
described the recent abduction-like raid of
the homes of some judges shows that the
administration of President Muhammadu
Buhari has no respect for the rule of law,
the principles of separation of powers and is
only interested in using the apparatus of
state to harass real and perceived enemies.
Homes of Justices Walter Onnoghen &
Sylvanus Ngwuta of the Supreme Court as
well as the homes of Justices Adebiyi
Ademola, Muazu Pindiga and Nnamdi
Dimgba of the Federal High Court was raided
by men of the DSS.
Reacting to the development, Adeyanju said
it is particularly worrisome that these events
are taking place when Yemi Osinbajo, a law
professor and Senior Advocate of Nigeria
(SAN), is the Vice President of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria.
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“These actions are reprehensible, and all well
meaning Nigerians – irrespective of tribe,
religion or political leanings – must come
together to condemn them in their totality
before they completely erode the very fabric of
our democracy,”he said.
The statement added; “Many will recall the
disdain with which President Buhari has
spoken about the judiciary and the legal
profession in Nigeria. On January 31, 2016 at
a meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia he told an
astounded audience that the judiciary was his
main headache in achieving some of his
plans. To buttress his point, he cited how the
judiciary ruled against him in his previous bids
to become President.
“Many will also recall that prior to that
comment, on August 13, 2015 at the opening
ceremony of the 55th General Annual General
Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association
(NBA) President Buhari advocated that lawyers
should not represent people accused of
corruption, in spite provisions in the
Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
that guaranteeing all accused people the right
to be represented by a lawyer of their
choosing.
“Many will further recall that on July 18, 2016
the Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-
Corruption (PACAC) organised a conference
where speaker after speaker took turns to take
umbrage against the judiciary. At the end of
that event, PACAC (a body unrecognized by
the Constitution) gave out sentencing
guidelines it had developed to Judges.
“These acts of intimidation and harassment
come on the heels of other such actions that
started with the invasion of the Akwa Ibom
State Government House in September 2015 by
DSS and have gone on to include: the arrest &
detention of online journalists and bloggers;
the mass murder of more than 1000 Shiite
Muslims; the continuous extra-judicial murder
of Nigerian citizens in the South East; the
continued detention of several people despite
Courts ordering their release; the violation of
the principles of separation of powers as
enshrined in our Constitution, and the constant
refusal to obey orders of Courts,” he said.
He added that before the presidential
elections that President Buhari lacked the
democratic values to be a democratically
elected President of Nigeria.
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“He has continuously lived up to his reputation
as a despotic, dictatorial leader who views
respect for the rule not as the foundation for
the existence of a democratic society but as
an irritation to be dispensed with by whatever
means necessary.
“The events of last night mirror the abduction
of Justice Benedict Kiwanuka – the then Chief
Justice of Uganda – by the despotic President
Idi Amin Dada of Uganda. Students of African
history will recall how the abduction of the
Justice Kiwanuka by members of the Ugandan
state security apparatus from his chambers
laid the foundation for a subjugation of the
judiciary and aided the perpetuation of one of
the most tyrannical regimes in African history.
“Members of the Bench are not above the law
and must abide by its provisions at all times.
However, our Constitution and other laws
provide that erring Judges are to be
disciplined within the framework provided by
the National Judicial Commission not through
Gestapo style abductions in the middle of the
night,” the statement read. |
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