Ekweremadu Condemns War against Anti-graft

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Ekweremadu Condemns War against Anti-graft

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 The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu has berated what he sees as the indiscriminate approach to the offensive against corruption in Nigeria. He maintained that strict compliance with the rule of law and respect of provisions of the constitution were the only ways to prevent tyranny and oppression in a democracy. The Deputy Senate President insisted that the war was being pursued according to the whims and caprices of those in power who persecute people according to the party they belong to. He said, “The efficacy of the rule of law is hinged on the compliance by governmental bodies and agencies with decisions of courts of law and other judicial or adjudicatory bodies. “Unfortunately, in Nigeria, disobedience to court orders appears to be the norm rather than the exception in many facets of our national life. “Those who think the strengthening of the rule of law is not their business are only playing the dangerous game of the cockerel, which refused to attend a meeting in the animal kingdom, claiming it was not his business. But, sadly for him, it was agreed at the meeting that his lineage would be used as a sacrifice to the gods. “The cock and his kindred are yet to recover from that I-don’t-care attitude. He maintained the rule of law is everybody’s business. “We must all be ready and willing to live by the spirit and letters of our laws. Much of our problems are not about the laws themselves, but about our disrespect for them. Indeed, a major difference between us and the developed world is that while we choose which rules, laws, or court judgements to obey or not to obey, they command obedience to their laws through strict enforcement that does not respect persons. “We need to imbibe that attitude and culture in order to strengthen the foundations of the rule of law in Nigeria. “On leading by example, the words of Justice Louis D. Brandeis in Olmstead v United States are instructive. In his dissenting opinion, he states, ”˜Our Government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher.’ “For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the Government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. “It is very clear, therefore, that impunity and lawlessness are contagious. If those at the helm of leader “If they by any means show that the law is meant to catch their opponents and perceived enemies alone, they have unwittingly licensed their purported friends to scorn the rules and break the laws. And certainly, as a leader, you cannot choose which law or court verdict to obey or which to disobey.” 

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