A Federal High Court, Abuja, has been urged to make an order expunging Section 27 of the Terrorism Prevention Act, 2013, as amended, from the country’s law. The call was made in an originating summons marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/225/2022 and filed, on Friday, by Barrister Maxwell Opara and Mr Echiefu Chidiebere Luke against the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF). The suit is dated Feb. 24 and filed Feb. 25 pursuant to the rule of the court and relevant provisions of the law. While Opara, a legal practitioner, and Luke are 1st and…
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PERSPECTIVES ON THE SYMBOLIC ‘PRESIDENTIAL AMNESTY’ RECENTLY GRANTED TO CHIEF FEMI FANI KAYODE AND THE EMERGING NEED FOR AN ACTUAL PRESIDENTIAL AMNESTY TO SUNDAY IGBOHO, NNAMDI KANU, BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS AND BANDITS – KAYODE AJULO
The report filtered through the airwaves few days ago, leaving a media storm in its wake as the development elicited diverse reactions across the emotional spectrum from various quarters. Chief Femi Fani-Kayode had done the unthinkable and deservedly so, the news generated quite a number of controversies as manifestly evident in the series of vituperations, remonstrations, denunciations, disapproval and in some instances, admiration heavily dissipated on the subject matter. Indeed, the defection of Femi Fani Kayode from the opposition to the ruling All Progressives’ Congress and his subsequent visit to…
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