A Senior Advocate of Nigeria , Mr. Ahmed Raji has aligned with President Muhammadu Buhari on death verdict for ballot box snatchers on election days.
Raji said the President’s statement was a warning to whoever was planning to snatch ballot boxes on the day of election that such culprit could be shot by security agencies in the process of trying to effect an arrest.
Raji said, “Anybody who is trying to rubbish our elections and therefore giving the country a bad name should be visited with the full wrath of the law.”
But another Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Sebastine Hon disagreed with Raji saying Buhari’s directive to the military was “clearly unconstitutional.”
He said, “The President’s comment is clearly unconstitutional. Section 33(1) of the Constitution guarantees the right to life. So, life can only be terminated in accordance with due process of law.
“The due process of law includes the execution of death sentence by a court of law or tribunal, or during insurrection or war, or acting in self-defence.
“It does not include shooting an electoral offender. Therefore, the President’s comment is ultra vires and clearly unconstitutional.”
Meanwhile, the Coordinator of Friends of Atiku Professionals, Moses Jolayemi disagreed vehemently with the president on the international community to be prepared to rescue Nigeria from an impending mayhem being allegedly instigated by Buhari.
Jolayemi said, “This, to say the least, is scary and ominous of what the President and the APC plan to unleash on the Nigerian electorate if they are unable to pull through with their plans to rig the elections.
“It is unexpected that a responsible leader would issue such a threat having revealed that he had already instructed security agencies to be ‘ruthless’ with electoral offenders.”
