Civilian president can behave like dictator – Falana

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana on Wednesday declared that a civilian president tin behave similar a dictator.

Falana made the remark portion criticising the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, for inviting erstwhile President of Liberia, George Weah, to its 66th Annual General Conference successful Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.

In his keynote address, Weah had declared that “a tyrant with a certificate of instrumentality is inactive a tyrant”.

Faulting Weah’s beingness astatine the event, Falana recounted however the erstwhile president disregarded the regularisation of instrumentality and the media portion successful office.

In an interrogation connected Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, the Nigerian quality rights lawyer said:

“The Nigerian Bar Association cannot situation maine due to the fact that I handled 2 of the cases that I cited. 

“Under erstwhile President George Weah, astir 4 judgments of the ECOWAS Court were disregarded, but I handled 2 of the cases, and my presumption is the thrust of his submission: that you whitethorn person a civilian president who behaves similar a dictator.

“Meaning that helium has nary respect for the regularisation of law. If helium harasses the media, helium can’t beryllium called a genuine democrat. Those are the characteristics of President Weah erstwhile helium was successful power. 

“The media, adjacent though his authorities decriminalised state of expression, were subjected to harassment. Radio stations were closed down, journalists were...