Posted on: 03:50 Sun, 03 Jul 2016



Femi Falana says a sitting president
or governor who commits any
crime can be arrested and tried,
saying according to the Supreme
Court ruling, there was no longer
absolute immunity. The Senior
Advocate of Nigeria said immunity
does not extend to electoral fraud
and asked Senate President, Bukola
Saraki and his Deputy, Ike
Ekweremadu to face the forgery
charges against them rather than
politicking about it, saying “they
have no immunity to dodge the
charges against them.’’.

He said this while speaking on:
“Limit of executive immunity” in
Benin to mark the 60th birthday of
the Secretary to the State
Government (SSG) of Edo, Prof.
Julius Ihonvbere
“The senate is now politicising
the issue, saying it is political
victimization but not that the
offence was not committed. As
leaders of the National Assembly,
you are supposed to be above
board and that is even the more
reason you must be careful.

“But I want to remind the senate
that the Attorney General of the
Federation is only answerable to
his boss, who is the president and
nobody else.

“The same thing applies to the
states, so there is no longer
absolute immunity in this
country.

“And that is why what is
happening in Ekiti today about
money found in a bank and the
governor is saying it is illegal to
freeze his account that is not true.
“Any issue that is criminal in
nature must be treated as such,”
he declared.

(NAN)