A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Rasheed Adegoke Said President Muhammadu Buhari might be prosecuted for not complying with the order of the Supreme Court over the new naira policy.
The Central Bank of Nigeria has been bitterly criticized because of the untold hardship it has subjected Nigerians to in the past two months as a result of The new naira redesign policy.
Some state governors in Nigeria dragged the federal government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to the Supreme Court due to the hardship the new naira policy has caused in their states and to Nigerians.
A few days ago, the apex court, Supreme Court ordered that the federal government should allow the old notes to remain valid and circulated until December 31, 2023.
The federal government under the umbrella of President Muhammed Buhari has not released an official statement to direct banks to start paying out the old notes as well as the new naira notes.
However, Rasheed Adegoke (SAN) argued that such disobedience could lead to the prosecution of the president of Nigeria, Muhammad Buhari after he hands over power on May 29 to president-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
during an interview, the SAN stated: “There is. These are impeachable offenses. In a sane society when an incumbent is 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 behooves the three arms of government and other institutions under them to work together to ensure the establishment of strong institutions in the country.
“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.”
