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Human Rights Activist, Femi Falana Attacks Buhari, Sets The Record Straight - Edoman - 08-30-2018
Human Rights Activist, Femi Falana Attacks Buhari, Sets The Record Straight
Posted on August 30, 2018 byTimi AjagunnaPolitics
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Human Rights Lawyer, Femi Falana, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to let the courts decide what constitutes a threat to national security, instead of allowing Security Agencies to disobey court judgments, under the guise of national security.
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[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7)]Falana, who was a discussant at the 58th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, in Abuja, stated this in response to President Buhari’s earlier statement, that national security supercedes the rule of law.
[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7)]Speaking on the topic: ‘Rule of Law and Security’, Falana disclosed that civil liberties could be put in abeyance with respect to national security.[/color]
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[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7)]He however, argued that only the courts should be made to determine what constitutes a national security threat.[/color]
[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7)]Falana said: “The point made by the President, has long been captured in the Latin maxim, ‘Salus Populi Supremalex’, which means the law of the society will take precedence over individual liberty.[/color]
[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7)]Where we can depart from the President, is the attempt by whoever wrote the speech, to use the case of Dokubo Asari vs the Federal Republic of Nigeria, to justify disobedience to court orders.[/color]
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[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7)]“In that case, Justice Tanko made the point that it is only when you have peace that you can talk of your individual liberty. But if the country is in pieces, you cannot talk of human rights, and nobody can dispute that[/color]
[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7)]“But who defines national insecurity? It is the court; section 45 of the Constitution, has provided that many of those rights in Chapter 4, can be suspended. So, the law is very clear on this.”[/color]
[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7)]Falana also argued that the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation must be separated from that of the Minister of Justice.[/color]
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[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7)]The Activist said that the AGF is not supposed to be a Politician.[/color]
[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7)]His words: “As for the office of the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, I have always argued that both have to be separated. One is a Politician, one is a professional. We have not been able to draw a line of dichotomy”, he said.[/color][/color]
[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7)]http://dailyadvent.com/index.php/2018/08/30/human-rights-activist-femi-falana-attacks-buhari-sets-the-record-straight/[/color]