Activist-lawyer Mr Femi Falana (SAN) said Thursday that President Muhammadu Buhari always obeyed court orders during his tenure as Head of State
He explained that although military regimes were often arbitrary, neither Buhari nor his predecessors in military juntas toyed with court orders.
Falana spoke in Lagos during a public lecture on the 30th anniversary of rights group, the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights . CDHR, he explained, started in 1989 in the living room of the late Dr Beko Ransome-Kuti, where activists gathered to strategise for the release of Mr Femi Aborishade, who was then detained by the military junta.
He said, “I just remember this morning trying to write a letter to the Attorney-General of the Federation and I find, very painfully, that whereas the Buhari/Idiagbon regime complied with all court orders for the release of those who were held illegally under the state security detention of persons Decree No 2 of 1984, we cannot say the same today under a democratic government.
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