…As NBA says: “We cannot, under any guise or pretence, accept or tolerate any appearance of autocracy or dictatorship”
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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to comply with the Supreme Court judgment on cash swap without further delay, so as to avert untoward socio-economic and political consequences on the nation.
Making the charge in a statement on Monday, NBA President, Yakubu Maikyau , SAN, said: “the Supreme Court has spoken for the people of this nation and has appropriately issued orders to the Executive and the orders of the court must be complied with.”
The statement reads inter alia: “Nigerians may not be too enchanted with our Judiciary, and this may have arisen from unsubstantiated and spurious allegations of judicial misconduct, the fact however, remains that we still must look to the Judiciary as the only and final resort, to protect our rights as a people and secure probity in public life.
“We cannot, under any guise or pretence, accept or tolerate any appearance of autocracy or dictatorship.”
“Our system of democratic governance has come to stay, it must not only be respected by all and sundry but must also be jealously guarded and protected.
“This is the greatest test or challenge to our constitutional democracy and the Executive cannot afford to disregard the orders of the Supreme Court made for the benefit of the people that elected it to power.
“I therefore, on behalf of all Nigerians, call on the President to immediately direct compliance with the terms of the orders made by the Supreme Court in its judgment delivered on 3 March, 202,” the statement stressed./SHARE THIS
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