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A senior Advocate Of Nigeria Faults FreeNnamdiKanu protest As Contempt
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ayotunde Ogunleye, has faulted FreeNnamdiKanu protesters for disobeying a valid court order restricting demonstrations in parts of Abuja.
Speaking during an interview on ‘Politics Today’, a programme on Channels Television monitored by DAILY POST on Tuesday, Ogunleye said citizens must obey court orders even when they disagree with them.
“A court order must be obeyed, even if you do not agree with it. If you are dissatisfied, the constitution allows you to approach the court to set it aside,” he said.
According to him, the constitution, which grants fundamental rights, also empowers courts to limit those rights in the public interest.
The senior lawyer stressed that disobeying judicial directives undermines national institutions and the rule of law.
He argued that protesters should have challenged the order legally rather than taking to the streets, advising that those calling for Nnamdi Kanu’s release should pursue lawful options available within the justice system.
“If you are not satisfied with a court order, the Constitution allows you to approach the court to set it aside.
“But taking the law into your hands risks turning the country into a banana republic. No nation can survive unless its citizens protect its institutions,” he added.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced Morocco as winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
The CAF Appeal Board ruled in favour of Morocco, declaring that Senegal forfeited the AFCON final by walking off the field during the game.
Morocco were awarded a 3–0 walkover victory.
This decision upholds Morocco’s appeal following the chaotic events in the match.
DAILY POST recalls that the Senegal team briefly walked off the pitch in protest after a controversial penalty was awarded to Morocco late in regulation time.
They were called back to the field by their captain, Sadio Mané, and later won the game 1–0.
CAF determined that this action constituted a violation of Article 84, or the equivalent regulations concerning refusal to play or abandoning the field.
Under AFCON rules, a team that refuses to continue playing or leaves the field without authorization faces elimination and forfeiture of the match.
A total of three operatives of different security agencies in Anambra State collapsed during the inauguration of Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, on Tuesday.
The incident happened during the parade at the Dr Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka.
The three operatives are one male police operative, another male operative of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) and a female operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.
The police operative collapsed first, followed by the NSCDC operative, who slumped towards the end of the event and was later escorted to an ambulance, after she refused to be moved in a stretcher.
A source said the police operative was later resuscitated, but was still not stable, and was taken in an ambulance to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku Awka.
The collapse of the service officers was attributed to fatigue and the long period of parade under harsh sunny weather.
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