Quit notice to fellow Nigerians illegal, says lawyer

Date: 2021-01-30

An Ibadan-based lawyer Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) has said no Nigerian has the right to issue quit notice to another Nigerian from his place of residence.

He urged President Muhammadu Buhari to do the needful on the issue that prompted the recent quit notice threat to some individuals of certain ethnic groups resident in parts of the country.

Fagbemi spoke on the sidelines of the public presentation of a book in Ilorin, Kwara state capital.

The book is entitled "History and Development of Judiciary in Kwara state" in honour of the late pioneer Chief Judge of the state, Justice Saidu Kawu.

A Principal Area Court Judge at the Upper Area Court One, Ilorin, Mr Ahmad Abdulyakeen, authored the book, which drew eminent Nigerians including former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Ayo Salami; Chief Judge of Kwara State, Justice Sulyman Durosinlorun Kawu; former Grand Kadi of the state, Justice Salihu Oloruntoyin Muhammad; Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Is-haq Olanrewaju Oloyede; Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Professor Sulyman Age Abdulkareem, and a front line legal practitioner, Mallam Yusuf Ola-Olu Ali, SAN among others.

Fagbemi urged Buhari to take the bull by the horn and address the issue that gave rise to the recent quit notice threat in the interest of the citizenry.

But the legal luminary was convinced the quit threat would linger if nothing was done to put a stop to it.

Fagbemi also urged the Federal Government to provide an enabling environment for the citizens to conduct their affairs without becoming a threat to one another.

"What is happening is the effect of a fundamental cause and you do not deal with the effect in order to cure the cause; something caused it.

"That was not the first time such a call (quit notice) will come. It has come before. Remember the threat to (Bishop) Matthew Kukah that he should leave a particular place.

"Let us address the real issue. The real issue is that the President should take the bull by the horn and do the needful instead of saying is it right; we all know it is not right. But it started from somewhere. If unchecked, it would continue to grow in leaps and bounds.

"However, no one has the right to call for the ejection or removal of anybody from any place. However, let there be an enabling environment for everybody to play his role," Fagbemi said.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Simeon Sayomi     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Kayode Alabi     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Gobir     Kisira     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Monsurat Omotosho     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Woro     Sabi     Bank Of Industry     Rex Olawoye     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Kwara 2015     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Mahee Abdulkadir     Olofa Of Offa     Modibbo Kawu     BECE     Kayode Laro     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Abdulganiy Abimbola Abdussalam     Yunus Lawal     Agor     Damilola Yusuf     Post Utme     Abdulwahab Ololele     Vasolar Consultoria     Ibrahim Mohammed     Afonja     Oko Erin     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Ghali Muhammed     Mahe Abdulkadir     Sa\'ad Alanamu     T And K FOODS     Facebook     Christopher Ayeni     Raimi Iyanda     Ibrahim Jawondo     08001000100     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Odolaye Aremu     Ile Arugbo     Ahmad Belgore     Okasanmi Ajayi     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     SDP     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Abdulwaheed Musa     National Party Of Nigeria     Matthew Babaoye     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Adeniyi Ojo     Col. Adedipe     SAPZ Project     Oke-Ode     Ayinde Oki     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Park     Bilikis Oladimeji     Sai Kayi     Erubu     Oniye     ER-KANG Mining     Metro Park     Muhammadu Gobir     Timothy Akangbe     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Esinrogunjo     Kayode Zubair     Muyideen Ajani Bello    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Gani Saadu     Awodun     Siraj Oyewale     Gbemi Saraki     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Ijagbo Health Centre     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Aremu Odolaye     Abiodun Abdulkareem     IHS Towers     Ayo Opadokun     Ope Saraki     AGF Abdulrazaq     Alao Ayotunde     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Kishira     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     School Of Nursing     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     IESA     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Oke-opin     Ramadan     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Oba Abdulraheem     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Ahmed     Taofik Abdulkareem     Kwara Politics     Ilorin East     National Information Technology Development Agency     EFCC     Yaman     Bilikisu Gambari     Hussein Olokooba     Saadu Yusuf     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Abdulrasheed Lafia     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Adeniyi Ojo     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Mamman Saba Jibril     KWIRS     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     IEDPU     Binta Sulyman     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Yunus Lawal     NNPP     Mutawalle     IYA ALFA NLA     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Borgu     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Erin-ile     Saka Abimbola Isau     Kamoru Kadiri     Kumbi Titiloye     Boko Haram     Alfa Yahaya Road     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Kunbi Titiloye     Abubakar Imam     Wakilin Mata Lafiagi     Funke Adedoyin     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Sam Okaula     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Kunle Okeowo     Ojuekun     AGILE Programme     Tuesday Assayomo