Human rights lawyer wants Buhari to release Dasuki, Kanu

Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has decried the continued detention of former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki and Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu after a court granted them bail.

Falana said “… all valid and subsisting orders made by courts in favour of criminal suspects should be obeyed without any further delay.”

He said what the Federal Government would have done, was to challenge the bail granted the duo, at the Court of Appeal, instead of re-arresting them.

Punch Newspapers reports that Falana said “One of the reasons why Nigerians voted for the candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Gen. Mohammadu Buhari (rtd) during the last general elections was his promise to fight corruption and end impunity in the country. Upon winning the election, President Buhari further pledged to abide by the Rule of Law.”

Adding that “To that extent, he has a duty to ensure that all organs and officials of the Government operate within the ambit of the law. In particular, he should not allow overzealous security personnel to engage in any form of impunity and thereby expose the Government to unwarranted embarrassment.”

Falana aid the Federal Government should obey the orders granting the accused persons bail.

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He said “as much as the Nigerian people are fully behind the Buhari Administration in the patriotic move to recover the looted wealth of the nation”, the Federal government should be advised to ensure that the procedure for the loot recovery meets the tenets of the rule of law.”

Femi Falana was the Ekiti state Governorship candidate of the National Conscience Party (NCP) in 2007.

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