NBA condemns alleged police defiance of court order in Kano

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Kano branch, has criticised the Kano State Police Command for allegedly refusing to obey a tribunal order.

The president of the NBA successful Kano, Usman Umar Fari, made the allegation successful a connection released connected Thursday.

He said the Kano State High Court had ordered the contiguous merchandise of lawyer Ahmad Tijjani Miko successful a lawsuit filed against the Commissioner of Police and 3 others.

According to him, the lawyer was allegedly held by the constabulary for 7 consecutive days without being taken to court.

Fari said the tribunal bid was officially served connected the Commissioner of Police successful Kano, but the constabulary allegedly ignored it and continued to support the lawyer successful custody.

“When those who are paid by taxpayers to enforce the instrumentality go the frontline violators of the law, the cloth of civilian nine is fundamentally threatened. This flagrant disobedience is not conscionable a usurpation of the detained ineligible practitioner’s cardinal quality rights; it is simply a nonstop battle connected the judiciary and a unsafe invitation to anarchy,” helium stated.

The NBA president described the enactment arsenic a superior onslaught connected the judiciary and said it could promote lawlessness successful society.

He besides said the constabulary should not expect citizens to respect the instrumentality if information agencies themselves enactment without respect for tribunal orders.

Fari stressed that the constabulary mus...