A constitutional lawyer, Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, on Wednesday described 1999 Nigeria’s constitution (as amended) as a deceptive and unrealistic document, saying the document should be replaced rather than amended in the general interest of the country.
He added that amending the constitution would rather complicate issues as the constitution lack legitimacy or genuineness.
Olanipekun, while delivering the 13th convocation lecture of the Redeemer’s University, titled, “Beyond the Pandemic:
Creating a new normal”, held at the school auditorium, said the constitution as it is today, aggregated all security outfits in the federal government against any known constitution globally at the detriment of the safety of the peoples’ safety.
He added that the provision of section 224(1) of the constitution which stipulated that there is going to be only one police force for the federation controlled by the Federal Government, rendered it pretentious unrealistic.
The legal luminary said, “The present normal, which is virtually landing us in a conundrum, is that we are bedevilled with a Constitution, which in its very essence and content, does not represent any honest, genuine and sincere Constitution.
To compound this complicated problem is the arrogant attempt being made by the National Assembly to amend a Constitution that has no author and, by extension, no bona fide origin.
Source: Vanguardngr.com
Hmm
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