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.

Olomu     MATTA Girls Foundation     Tsaragi-Share     Aisha Buhari     Fola Consultant     Makama Of Ilorin     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     Afonja     Maryam A. Garuba     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Olushola Saraki     Olatunde Olukoya     Omar Bolaji Gambari     Col. Adedipe     Facebook     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Saeedat Aliyu     Convocation Ceremonies     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Mubarak Oladosu     Government High School Adeta     Abioye Bello     Monthly Sanitation     Iyabo Adewuyi     Kunle Okeowo     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Iyiola Oyedepo     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Unicontinental Construction Company     Salake     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Elesie Of Esie     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Ibrahim Taiwo     Abubakar B.M     Baba Idris     Kwara Hotel     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Rex Olawoye     Quareeb Islamic Association     Omu-aran     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Abraham Ojo     Lola Olabayo     Taofik Mustapha     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Dan Masanin     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Alabi Lawal     Muslim Cementary     Yashikira     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Usman Yunusa     Biliaminu Aliu     Playing Host     Jide Ashonibare     Earlyon Technologies     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Afetu Of Alabe     Al-Ilory     Muhammed Akanbi     Ike Ekweremadu     Tsado Manman     Obuh     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Alaro     AGILE Programme     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Umaru Saro     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Sulyman Tejidini    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Abdulazeez Arowona     Vasolar Consultoria     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Oye Tinuoye     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Kazeem Gbolagade     Salman Jawondo     KWASAA     Yahaya Dumoye     Balogun Ajikobi     Iyabo Adewuyi     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Ibrahim Orire     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Bilikis Oladimeji     Oko Erin     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Illyasu Abdullahi     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Bature Bello     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Oladimeji Thompson     Durosinlohun Atiku     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Ita-Nmo Market     FOMWAN     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Oba Abu     Tanke Road     Omotosho     Omar Bolaji Gambari     David Adesina     Shehu Adaramaja     Students Union Government     Abatemi Usman     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Lai Gobir     Temitope Ogunbanke     Surajudeen Akanbi     Segun Ogunsola     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     Saraki     Magaji Erubu     Ayo Opadokun     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Sabi     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Halimat Yusuf     Muhammadu Buhari     Smart School     General Hospital     Yoruba     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Charles Ibitoye     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Nigeria Customs Service     Samuel Adaramola     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     ER-KANG     Durosinlohun Kawu     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     CKNG     AbdulGafar Tosho     Yinka Aluko     Bisi Kristien     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Sulyman Buhari     Omu-aran     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Dumagi