They spoke Saturday in reaction to the various court pronouncements on the government’s continued detention of Emefiele and his planned arraignment by the Department of State Services (DSS) on a charge filed before the Federal High Court in Lagos.
Daudu said: “I do not think that the President, who is a newly minted President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, will like to start his administration with the organisations under him disobeying court orders.
“He (Tinubu) was at the forefront as a NADECO man to chastise military governments for disobeying court orders.
“Now that power is in his hand, we will see whether he, himself will obey court orders,” the ex-NBA President said in reaction to Thursday’s judgment by Justice Hamza Muazu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Justice Muazu, who gave the DSS seven days within which to either charge Emefiele to a court or release him, held that the alleged offences for which the suspended governor was being held were bailable because they were not capital in nature, adding that he was not accused of killing anybody.
On his part, Opara noted that from his experience, the DSS was creating the impression that it is above the law of the country.
He said he was not surprised about how Emefiele’s case was being handled by DSS, “because the secret police have made disrespect to rule of law part of its life.
“Talking about the rule of law or tendering court’s judgment before the DSS irritates the management of the agency,” he said and urged the President to overhaul the agency.
