Law experts have argued that President Muhammadu Buhari is acting in direct confrontation with the Constitution by his insistence in retaining Service...
Law experts have argued that President Muhammadu Buhari is acting in direct confrontation with the Constitution by his insistence in retaining Service Chiefs whose statutory term of office had expired.
“In respect of the police, section 215 of the Constitution is very clear on this. In respect of the military service chiefs, section 218 of the Constitution has empowered the President to appoint them from among the branches of ‘the armed forces of the Federation as may be established by an Act of the National Assembly.
“The National Assembly, qua the Senate, as the custodian of Nigerian Constitution – as per the Supreme Court in Inakoju vs. Adeleke All FWLR 3 at 123 – therefore, stood in ferma terra when it unanimously passed a resolution that Nigeria’s service chiefs should vacate office. “The public service of the Federation of Nigeria is statutorily designed with specific provisions for entry and exit lawfully.
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