A Senior Advocate of Nigeria
(SAN), Ferdinand Orbih, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of being a
champion deviant in the compliance with rule of law.
In a comparative analysis of the
obedience to court orders under the All Progressives Congress (APC) –led federal
government and the previous PDP administrations, Orbih stated that it was a
shame for President Muhammadu Buhari to go on national television to brag that
his government will disobey court orders.
In an interview with Vanguard, he
said: “Governments at all levels must bear in mind that in a democratic
dispensation, the rule of law, as opposed to rule by force must prevail.
“That is the main difference
between democracy and autocracy or dictatorship. One of the major pillars on
which the rule of law rests, is equality before the law.
“The government and the governed
must not only be equal before the law, they must also be manifestly and
undoubtedly be seen by all, to be equal before the law.
“Now, when government refuses to
obey court orders, it automatically places itself above the law. That is
unacceptable in any democratic dispensation.
“While the Goodluck
administration was able to reduce incidents of disobedience of court orders to
the barest minimum, the President Buhari administration has elevated disobedience
of court orders to official state policy.
“President Buhari is the first
President in the history of Nigeria to come out on national television to state
that his government will disobey court orders granting bail to former National
Security Adviser to the Jonathan administration, Colonel Sambo Dasuki, retd,
and the IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
“Till date, Dasuki is in prison
custody despite court orders releasing him on bail. It is a shame on the
government.”
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