By
Chief Mike Ozekhome
Legal And Political Implications Of President
Buhari’s Stay Abroad
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On the political implications of President Muhammadu Buhari
extending his medical/holiday period abroad, it keeps the nation on
ethno-religious tenterhooks, dangerous precipice, uncomfortable tension,
anxiety and a dark pall on government and governance. It reminds one of the
dark better forgotten days of the late President Umar Musa Yar’dua brouhaha
when what late Dora Akunyilu described as “the cabal” unceremoniously seized the reins of government and held the
nation to unspeakable ransom.
God forbid a repetition of history. God forbid us behaving
like the Bourbons of European history who learnt nothing and forgot nothing.
On the legal implications, it is constitutionally provided
that once the president transmits his absence or inability to act to the
National Assembly, then the Vice president acts in his place.
This means: that the VP takes full control of governance and
government apparatus, thus leaving no vacuum in governance . He does it till
the president returns.
For crying out loud, let President Muhammadu Buhari address the nation physically on Skype.
Let us see him. He is President of Nigeria, father of the nation.
He belongs to government and the nation. This means Nigeria. He lost his
anonymity and individuality the day he was voted into office as president and
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The only privacy he has is in his wife’s kitchen, his parlour
and the other room.
*Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN.Constitutional Lawyer
and Human Rights Activist.
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