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HomeLatest News & PoliticsHuman life has no value again in Nigeria – NBA President
Human life has no value again in Nigeria – NBA President
December 10, 2016 AdeLove Latest News & Politics, Today's Trending.... 3
The Nigerian Bar Association NBA has frowned over the level of human rights violations in the country.
NBA said, with insurgency, militancy and extra judicial killings going on, it appears as if human life no longer has respect in Nigeria.
It said the situation was particularly worrisome because the Federal Government, whose primary obligation is to secure the lives and property of Nigerians, appeared to be failing in this responsibility.
The President of the NBA, Mr. Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN), said this on Saturday while addressing a world press conference in Lagos in commemoration of the International Human Rights Day marked on every December 10.
The NBA charged the Federal Government to wake up to its responsibility of defending the citizens' right to life.
Mahmoud said, "The right to life is fundamental and inalienable to human person, yet it seems we have lost the value of life in Nigeria today; it appears human life no longer has meaning. On a daily basis, we are regaled with bizarre statistics or number of persons who have lost their lives in questionable circumstances. In addition to the factors listed above (insurgency, militancy, extrajudicial killings), the lives of Nigerians are wasted on account of ethnic, communal and religious conflicts and the government seems helpless or incapable to deal with the situation to the satisfaction of all Nigerians.
"This development is unacceptable. The Nigerian constitution provides security and protection of lives and property as the primary duty of government. The NBA, therefore, calls on the Federal Government of Nigeria to fulfill this fundamental responsibility by guaranteeing adequate security of lives and property of all Nigerians."
The NBA also berated the Federal Government for the penchant of its agents for disobeying court orders, describing it as a sad commentary on the government's respect for the rule of law.
Mahmoud recalled, for instance, that the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife had been in detention for about a year without any court order.
He noted also that though a Federal High Court in Abuja on December 2 ordered their immediate release, El-Zakzaky and his wife were still being kept without any indication that the Federal Government had appealed the judgment which ordered their immediate release.
"The court held that their continued detention was illegal and arbitrary; the Federal Government has so far refused to abide by this ruling. As of the time of writing this speech, we are not aware that an appeal has been filed against the judgment of the court. This apparent disobedience of the court order is a sad commentary on the readiness of government agencies to comply with the principles of the rule of law and respect for human rights.
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When the government has no respect for law, how can individuals or citizens obey the law. The current government is a military in civilian dress or military in political cover which has no regards to any court decision. Many Nigerians living outside the country have vowed not to have anything to do in Nigeria as they believe their lives are not safe and there is no rule of law whereby jungle justice becomes the order of the day.
KLX says:
Since 1960, even before then, life has never had a tiny value till date, maybe except for the lives of the elite class that ruined this nation to their advantage.?