Buhari Violates Rule Of Law, Femi Adesina, Garba Shehu Justify Violations -Legal Expert, Jiti Ogunye

A prominent human rights lawyer, Jiti Ogunye, says the President Muhammadu Buhari regime has little or no regard for the rule of law in Nigeria.

He also accused Buhari's spokesmen, Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu of justifying the violations of people's rights in the country.

Ogunye stated that the All Progressives Congress-led federal government was characterized by various violations of the rule of law.

“We have the violations of the rule of law with the spokespersons for the government in the executive branch of the federal government of Nigeria justifying these violations on all sorts of grounds, including the ground of national security.

“My take is that this government is not fully observant of the rule of law. We can’t be debating these issues as if we don’t know what we are talking about.

“There are clear cases of violations. The court will give orders in respect of clear cases, in respect of certain persons to be released and they are not released,” he said.

The legal practitioner stated this while appearing on a ChannelsTV programme. He also accused the Buhari regime of not obeying court orders under the guise of 'national security'.

Ogunye’s comments came on the heels of the arrest, detention, and arraignment of human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore by the Department of State Services (DSS) for organizing the #RevolutionNow protest which the federal government claimed was an attempt to violently overthrow Buhari.

Sowore was an opponent of the incumbent president in the last presidential election.
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