By Lucy Osuizigbo
Project-2019 (P2019), a civil society organisation on Thursday said that President Muhammadu Buhari ‘s statement on national interest and the rule of law is legal and constitutional.
Mr Wale Ogunade, Convener of the group told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, that President Buhari ‘s statement was a restatement of the provisions of the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
According to him, the President’s statement takes its foundation from the fact that, the rule of law can only exist when the national interest and security is secured in a state of peace and tranquility. Otherwise, it is a farce.
President Buhari while flagging off the 2018 Annual General Conference of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) in Abuja on Sunday, asserted the supremacy of national security and interest over and above the rule of law,…
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