Foremost lawyer, Muhammad Dele Belgore (SAN), has said meaningful progress in the justice sector in Nigeria would depend on the rule of law applying to everyone and not just to a segment of the soc...
Foremost lawyer, Muhammad Dele Belgore , has said meaningful progress in the justice sector in Nigeria would depend on the rule of law applying to everyone and not just to a segment of the society.programme to commemorate the 21st anniversary of Nigeria’s Democracy Day.
“What that means is that everybody is subject to the law. The highest person in government is just a subject of the law as your ordinary person. But when it suits the powers that be, they obey court orders, when it doesn’t suit them, they do not obey court orders. That, for me, is the biggest obstacle and the biggest drawback to the rule of law.”
He added, “Delay is a function of a number of things; one, it is a function of the law, it is a function of the judges, and it is a function of the rules in which they operate.
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