Tony Momoh, a former minister of
information, says he does not support disobedience to court orders.
Momoh said this in an interview
with the PUNCH.
The former minister was asked why
the federal government did not release Omoyele Sowore after a court granted him
bail.
On December 6, the
SaharaReporters publisher was rearrested by operatives of the Department of
State Services (DSS) a few hours after he was released.
Momoh said there may be reasons
for his rearrest, but that he does not support disobeying court orders even if
it is for the sake of national security.
“I’m a lawyer; I don’t support
anybody disobeying court orders, whoever they may be. They may have reasons for
doing so and many of them will say it is because of national security but I
don’t support anyone disobeying court orders,” he said.
“Anything outside due process, I
do not support. But we are living in a country where there is preoccupation
with ensuring security and those who are charged with ensuring security will do
anything to ensure what they think will secure the country, even if it is
outside due process.
“But that is their argument, not
mine. As far as I’m concerned, due process must be followed.
“Having said it must be followed,
those who do not obey court orders may have reasons for doing so but I will
never support the disobedience of court orders.”
The former chairman of the now
defunct Congress for Progressives Change (CPC) added that the relationship
between President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo “is the
most cordial between president and vice-president since we returned to
democracy in 1999”.
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