Kanu, Dasuki : You Cannot Pick Which Court Order To Obey – NBA Lashes Buhari, Sagay

President Muhammadu Buhari’s insistence that former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, and the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu would remain in custody despite court orders, has been condemned by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). In an interview with Vanguard, the NBA said the president’s position on the matter was offensive to the tenets of constitutional democracy, rule of law and presumption of innocence of an accused person. Buhari had during his first presidential media chat given reasons why both Dasuki and Kanu could not be released from detention. The presidential committee on anti-corruption led by Professor Itse Sagay had argued that the federal government was not in violation of the rule of law as any bail granted an accused is completely related to the offence which he is charged before the court. “The way I see it is that any bail granted an accused, is completely related to the offence which he is charged before the court. So, if after he (the accused) has been granted bail and the prosecution discovers another offence for which no bail has been granted, then the accused can be re-arrested. So, that cannot be in violation of a bail, which is in relation to an earlier stated offence,” he said. The NBA argued that re-arresting someone immediately after the person has been granted bail by the court makes mockery of the country’s democracy which is presumably anchored on the rule of law and separation of powers.

Posted: at 4-01-2016 11:29 PM (8 years ago) | Upcoming

We are watching,so far buhari cannot obey the rule of law,that means we are no more in democratic era rather military era.## free Nnamdi Kanu##

Posted: at 7-01-2016 12:04 AM (8 years ago) | Hero