By Martins Odeh/Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari has said the rights of individuals in the society must always take a second place where national security and public interests are threatened.
President Buhari said this today while declaring open the 58th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Abuja. The conference has as its theme: “Transition, Transformation and Sustainable Institutions’’.
He said although his administration subscribes to the rule of law as the foundation of the society, it is also guided by the belief that the rule of law must be subject to the supremacy of the nation’s security and national interest.
“Our apex court has had cause to adopt a position on this issue in this regard and it is now a matter of judicial recognition that; where national security and public interest are threatened or there is a likelihood of their being threatened, the individual…
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