CUPP accuses INEC, security agencies of colluding with APC in Osun rerun

Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies of working for the All Progressive Congress (APC) during the Osun governorship rerun election. Its spokesman, Imo Ugochinyere, in a statement on Thursday, said the crisis that occured in 1983 over election manipulation will be a child’s play […]

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Rule of law and security, By Femi Falana

From 1984 to 1999, I was subjected to constant harassment by the security and intelligence community in Nigeria. Not for posing any threat to national security or for contributing to the economic adversity of the country. But for teaming up with other patriotic forces to challenge unbridled corruption, unabashed executive lawlessness, gross human rights abuse […]

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Buhari’s view: ‘security supremacy over rule of law’, an advance warning —Soyinka

Playwright and Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has condemned President Muhammadu Buhari for apparently saying his government is willing to violate the law for national security. While speaking at the opening ceremony of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) annual conference last Sunday, Buhari claimed it was a settled law that national security should always override […]

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Security votes to President, governors illegal –Tanko Yakassai

One of Nigeria’s elder statesmen, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai has described the release of special funds to the President and the 36 states governors as security votes as unconstitutional. He said, the idea of security votes contradicts the provision of the constitution because the power to appropriate funds for the security of the federation has already […]

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