The Attorney General of the Federation and the Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), on Tuesday, called on the Economic Community of West African States Court of Justice to refrain from issuing orders and judgments that are impossible to enforce.
The popular human rights activist, Femi Falana, was born on May 20, 1958, in Ilawe, Ekiti State. He attended St. Michael’s School (1963 to 1968) after which, he went to Sacred Heart Catholic Seminary from 1971 to 1975.
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has stated that he has got across to the Sierra Leone Inspector-General of Police, Fayia Sellu, who assured of speedy extradition of a Nigerian murder suspect, Best Nnanyereugo Benjamin, to Nigeria for prosecution. SaharaReporters had earlier reported that Nnanyereugo who was declared wanted by the Nigerian Police Force for alleged murder of Miss Augusta Oseodion Onuwabhagbe, an undergraduate of Lead City University, Ibadan, Oyo State, was arrested in Sierra Leone.
A network of African civil society and international organisations working in Africa says it is "gravely alarmed by the provision of any immunity for serious crimes committed in violation of international law" which is up for discussion this week in Ethiopia as an amendment to the Statute of the African Court on Justice and Human Rights.