Buhari Was Right To Disobey Court Orders On Sowore And Dasuki - AGF Malami

Abubakar Malami, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and minister of justice has explained that the federal government was right for keeping the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki and convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, despite court orders.

Daily Trust reports that Malami disclosed this when he appeared on ‘Good Morning Nigeria’, a programme of the NTA on Thursday, January 2.

247NNU gathered that the AGF said the orders of the court were subject to applications for variation and appeals at the Court of Appeal, explaining that the enforcement of the orders could be delayed in such circumstances.

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"So, until those matters reach the Supreme Court and it takes the final decision, relating there, you are still operating within the ambit and context of rule of law,” he said.

The AGF further stressed the need for Nigerians to understand the judicial process and that not all court orders are to be obeyed immediately. He said: “Perhaps, I need to clear the air on how the rule of law operates within the context of the Nigerian constitution.

We have multiple and a plethora of judicial decisions that establishes a fact that when you are challenging a court order through a judicial process, the idea of disobedience to that court order does not arise,” he said.

“The misapprehension that set into the system and deliberately put in the public space is the fact that once there is a court order, you must unconditionally comply.

You can only be adjudged being in disobedience of a court order when you don’t take advantage of the constitutional powers, rights accorded to you by appealing against the order and perhaps, seeking for stay of execution of the order or perhaps, you don’t take any steps seeking variation of the court order.”