The human right lawyer Barrister Falana has finally busted the bubble on the case of the former, President Jonathan Security adviser DASUKI who is being held and scrutinize by the EFCC on the arms deal saga and KANU who is being held for treasonable felony. the human right lawyer did not agree with some Nigerians whom believe that the current administration do not have respect for the rule of law
"Both Dasuki and Kanu were granted bail. (The Federal Government should) release them on bail or charge them to court without any further delay as one bail does not cover all criminal offences. In fact, Nnamdi Kanu was charged with treason. He said he did not want a particular judge to try him. Take him before another judge. I defended Henry Okah who was charged with treason under the Yar’Adua administration. He was tried in camera in Jos. He was refused bail. If the government has fears that Dasuki will run away, there are ways of dealing with the situation under the law. From the information at my disposal, the EFCC has other charges pending against him. Since this is not a security matter ‘stricto sensu’, let the Department of State Services stay away and stop embarrassing the government. The EFCC is competent to handle a clear case of unprecedented looting of the treasury. The rule of law requires that the infraction of the law by any criminal suspect be dealt with under the rule of law and not under the rule of man"
Barrister Falans Totally disagree that the Current administration is authoritarian, an authoritarian is really far from what we have in Nigerian currently. he went further to by sayiing, An authoritarian regime would not have taken Dasuki to court. He would have been held incommunicado until he has refunded all the funds allegedly stolen by him and his accomplices. During the military era, all the suspects would have been detained indefinitely under the State Security Detention . Let us use words like Gestapo or dictatorship as loosely as it is being done during the Military Era. This is not an authoritarian rule but a democratic dispensation. Hence, we should rise up against the contraventions of human rights law by fighting impunity whenever it rears its ugly head.
Things are getting better in Nigeria
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