An Abuja based human rights
lawyer, Hamid Ajibola Jimoh has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari
committed illegality by addressing Nigerians.
Buhari spoke to Nigerians on
Monday, two days after he arrived in Abuja from his prolonged medical
vacation.
Reacting, the legal practitioner
said the broadcast was in breach of Section 145 (1) of the Constitution, which
stipulates a transmission of letter to the National Assembly before the president
carries on with his duties.
He declared the broadcast
“invalid, null and void”, insisting that as at the point Buhari gave his
speech, the legislature had not been formally notified of his return.
“I am of the view that the
President should apologise to Nigerians for contravening the provision of the
Constitution if it is not a deliberate act. Law is different from morality,
emotion or politics.
“After that, the president may
now address the nation properly according to law now that he has transmitted a
letter of written declaration to the National Assembly.
“The principle of rule of law and
constitutionalism is that everybody must be bound by the law. It is the supreme
law. If we just close eyes on him we may be laying a bad precedent where any
other person will just disregard the law. Of what use is law when they are not
obeyed?
“Anything the President did prior
to the transmission of the written declaration is null and void. The president,
by the provisions of Section 24 of the Constitution is duty bound to abide by
the Constitution,” Daily Trust quoted him as saying.
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