By Femi Falana
IT is always difficult to talk of rule of law in Nigeria. While senior public officers continue to give the impression that the country is operated under the rule of law their actions and utterances suggest otherwise. It is so worrisome that provisions of the Constitution are conveniently sacrificed for political expediency or self-aggrandisement of highly placed public officers. In the process, the country is reduced to a banana republic where the rule of law is substituted for the rule of the rulers. Recent developments in the country call for a review of the understanding of the concept of the rule of law by public officers at all levels of the State. In this presentation, we shall examine the concept of the rule of law and review some actions and pronouncements of public officers which have made a mockery of the rule of law and thereby expose the country to ridicule before the comity of nations.
The rule of law: The rule of law or the principle that…
