A friend wrote:
In DOKUBO-ASARI V. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA (2007) ALL FWLR (PT 375) 588, The Supreme Court per Muhammed JSC (CJN As he then was) had the following to say:
".....where national security is threatened or there is real likelihood of its being threatened, human rights or individual rights of those responsible take second place.
Human Rights or individual rights must be suspended until national security can be protected or taken care of.
This is not anything new.
The corporate existence of Nigeria as a united, harmonious, indivisible and indissoluble sovereign nation is certainly greater than any citizen's liberty or right.
Once the security of this nation is in jeopardy and it survives in pieces rather than in peace, the individual liberty or right may not even exist" at PP. 585-586
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By this, it has become obvious and glaringly clear that that kid Nnamdi Kanu was indeed handled with kids glove. One wonders why, and again why the law of the land is allowed to be so trampled upon and disrespected by all and sundry.
Why does one feel that there is something to the law of this land that Nigerian lawyers are scared to practice their learned profession to meet its aspirations and expectations by ordinary citizens.
Gaskiya, I'm beginning to realize that one of the biggest obstacle of this country lies with its judicial system. Unless this tier of government is soundly sanitized towards making NIGERIA regain its sanity, we will never get back on track to glory.
Which treasonable offence didn't Kanu commit against this nation using his Radio Biafra? He disrespected all and sundry and abused the very foundation of this country, calling it a zoo and threatening to burn it down?
Nobody among the Igbos raise his voice to caution him nor was any legal injunctions in our constitution cited as being flagrantly violated. Only freedom of speech was flaunted as a fundamental human right not to be denied.
in fact Senate Deputy President Ike Ikweremadu was the one who stood in for bail on his behalf and he was freed to a hero's welcome in the south east, with a convoy fit for a president.
Upon regaining his freedom as granted by Ag. President Osinbajo, what did the terrorist IPOB leader do to respect his bail conditions? Absolutely nothing, except further his campaign of disregard for Nigeria's Sovereignty.
He formed a government within a government, created his own army, Secret Service, flew his own flag, introduce his own money, solicited for funds to buy weapons to wage war against Nigeria etc.
Yet, many who should have stood in defense of Nigeria from the SE governors to its legislators in both the Senate and House Of Representatives, intellectuals, business men and citizens. Except for a few, almost all kept quiet.
And now that Nigerian Army is executing Operation Python Dance and such unwarranted provocations are being addressed, some people all of a sudden remember, there is a country called NIGERIA. Haba?
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