Just as a landlord cannot hire thugs to throw out a tenant in arrears, government cannot circumvent the law and due process simply because it controls the security forces and can use them to exert unlawful force on its citizens. It means that we do not resort to self-help. The rule of law theory says that no one is above the law ALL persons should be subject to the rule of law and due process of law must be followed in the administration of society. Yes, even the jungle has rules but the rules of the jungle are for self-preservation, not the common good of all the animals in the jungle. Today, however, although politicians and the government are quick to form the words rule of law, what is displayed instead is the Law of the jungle. Government under him was to obey the principles of the rule of law and for the few months that he was in office, it did seem like there was a devotion to the ideals of the rule of law. One of the high points of the late Umaru Yar Adua’s Presidential Campaign was the rule of law. The object of enacted laws in an ordered society is to ensure that the public interest is served before self-interests. Nigeria is a sovereign nation with laws aimed at an ordered society.
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