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A Lagos-based lawyer, Carol Ajie has petitioned the President of the United States, Barrack Obama to prevail on his Nigerian counterpart, Muhammadu Buhari to respect court orders or resign.
Obama and Buhari
In a petition originated on Change.org, the lawyer recounted the events that led Buhari to power which was done “peaceably, smoothly, heroically”.
She, however, noted that “within President Buhari’s first year in office, too soon after he took the revered Oaths, he and state agents acting under his supervision, now demonstrate total lack of respect for Court Orders”.
She, therefore, called on President Buhari to resign from office, failure of which he will face impeachment proceedings.
She also called on President Obama to alternatively avoid another Burundi by calling on Buhari to comply with the Orders of Courts.
Below is the copy of the petition:
Respect Court Orders or Resign President Buhari
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*To the Civil Society Organizations, Lawyers, Lawmakers, NJC, Benchers, etc.
*Call on President Buhari to Resign From Office for His Disobedience to Court Orders
On May 29th 2015, a former Military Dictator, Muhammadu Buhari sequel to a contested election in March 2015 against a sitting President in Nigeria, the first time in Africa, an incumbent handed power peaceably, smoothly, heroically to a political rival. Whereupon Mr Buhari then took the Oath of Allegiance to protect the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 and the President’s Oath of office to discharge his duties faithfully, in accordance with the Constitution and the Laws of Nigeria.
Within President Buhari’s first year in office, too soon after he took the revered Oaths, he and state agents acting under his supervision, now demonstrate total lack of respect for Court Orders and at his maiden media chat on Wednesday 30th Dec., instant, Mr President made puerile attempts to justify these breaches, he said inter alia that some persons his regime locked up in cells dehumanized against court orders, Nnamdi Kanu had travelled without his passports. But under the Immigration Act, the President or the Minister may deport anyone who travels without a valid travel document or detain for a period not exceeding 7 days. In holding Mr Kanu beyond the required period they have infracted on the Immigration Act, the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 and subsisting court orders.
With regard to issues of “self-determination”, the crux of Nnamdi Kanu’s campaign of the Independent People of Biafra, IPOB, having communicated IPOB’s intent to all and the United Nations as required by UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ratified by Nigeria, that people of any community or group may wish to exercise the right of self-determination with a view to pursuing their economic, social and cultural development; aware that their dignity as human persons had deteriorated and been consciously degraded under the present dispensation, sadly appearing power inebriate.
Call on President Buhari to resign from office or face impeachment proceedings. Alternatively avoid another Burundi, call him to comply with the Orders of Courts.
Attorney Carol Ajie, LLB(Hons) Benin; B.L(Lagos); MCIArb(UK); LL.M Int’l Legal Studies (Georgetown)
To sign the petition on Change.org, CLICK HERE
