Nigerians caught in party, Supreme Court politics
By Owei Lakemfa THE raging arguments today include whether or not President Muhammadu Buhari should have obeyed the Supreme Court ruling on the continued use of the old currencies. One argument is that it was the Federal Government that was sued, not the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. But our forebears have a wise saying: the slave master owns the slave. It is illogical that the President who appoints the CBN Governor and gives the bank directives can be restrained by the Supreme Court but the appendage says it is not affected. It is simply a case of impunity, and anyone who has followed Buhari’s trajectory knows that he does not feel constrained by any judicial pronouncement, law or constitution; he is the state. So, whatever Buhari says or does, what is expected of the populace is to raise their two hands in the air, stamp their right feet and shout: ‘Tuale Baba!’ in the street imitation of the military salute to power. Those who sold Nigerians the dummy that the former military dicta...