The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Jibrin Samuel Okutepa has declared that Nigerian leaders derive joy and pleasure engaging in constitutional sacrilege.
Samuel made this outburst on his X handle on Wednesday.
According to him, Nigeria leaders will see what is wrong, yet insist that it’s the right thing to do.
He wrote, ” I have come to the understanding and to terms that those who violate rules and regulations most in the conduct of affairs in Nigeria are those who have responsibilities to do what is right. They are the one who see what is wrong and called it right.
” Nigeria has been held in the jugular by the very people that Nigeria made. It is a sad reality. But we must not give up. Nigerian leaders take joy and pleasure in engaging in constitutional sacrilege. This is the sad reality”, he lamented.
He went further to express disappointment in the way leaders trample on the constitution.
He asked, ” How many in power today have regard and respect for the Nigerian constitution? I see none except very few”.
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He went further to state that those so called leaders who disregard the constitution should not expect the citizens to obey them stressing that because wrong doing is being rewarded, doing wrong keep multiplying in the society.
” We must insist and demand that the Nigerian constitution be respected. Those who engage in constitutional iniquities should not demand respect and loyalty from the right thinking members of Nigerian society.
“The way wrong doings are being rewarded is the reason doing wrongs keep multiplying in our system. A system that rewards evils and wrongs can not progress.
He continued, “The only way we as a people can get to the promised land of our dreams is to keep to the rules and regulations of doing what is good and right in Nigeria. As long as we dance around rules and regulations and there are no punishments for misbehaviour, we can not attain the desired growth and development.
” The duty to do what is good is vested in those leading us. Let them resolve to do good, and Nigeria will be great”, he concluded.
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