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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Rasheed Adegoke, has condemned the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari and the Central Bank Of Nigeria to obey the judgement of the Supreme Court ordering the retention of old N200, N500 and N1000 notes as legal tender till 31st December, 2023.

In an interview with Punch, Adegoke particularly berated the Centrak Bank Governor over his recent conducts and stressed that the Apex Bank Chief ought to have been incarcerated for contempt of Court order.

“The man at the helm of affairs at the CBN has been acting in an unacceptable manner. Who does he think he is? What does he want to turn the country to? By now, he should be in jail for his total disregard for the rule of law in the country. It is sheer insanity for anyone not to obey the order of the apex court.”

Adegoke also added that part of the blame for the current disrespect staring the Supreme Court should go to the Attorney General of the Federation who has derelicted his responsibility as the Chief Law Officer of the government.

He said, “I will also blame the Attorney General of the Federation. He is the chief law officer of the government and one of his duties is that the decisions of courts are immediately put to execution. But when we have an AGF violating the decision of court, he forgets that he would leave office one day and would need that same judiciary to run to. It is very painful that their actions have made lesser institutions pattern their conduct on the lawlessness of the executive, which is why ordinary bankers can now claim they have not received a memo and would not obey the order of a supreme court.”

The Senior Lawyer further described the actions of President Muhammadu Buhari as impeachable offences and for which he can be prosecuted after his tenure to serve as a lesson to others coming behind him.

“These are impeachable offences. In a sane society when an incumbent is totally disregarding the rule of law and court orders, the national assembly would have commenced impeachment procedures. And when such acts would affect the fundamental rights of the citizens the court might set aside such acts and when he leaves office, he might be exposed to prosecution for violations committed while in office. The president does not enjoy immunity for life and that is one of the ways we can start to establish institutions in the country. In Nigeria, we only have strong men and weak institutions. it behoves the three arms of government and other institutions under them to work together to ensure the establishment of strong institutions in the country.”

He continued, “A good example was when Donald Trump refused to leave the government house and wanted to carry on in defiance of Americans’ decisions. All the institutions withdrew from him without anyone giving specific instructions. Right now, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has been declared the winner of the just concluded election, the next thing is that certain paraphernalia of office should be shifting towards him. Buhari by now should be seen that he is being denuded of these things; with this he would not continue to see himself as the ultimate that can do no wrong.”

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