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Oath Of Secrecy For Lagos Judicial Panel Is Illegal, Nigerians Say On Twitter
- October 27, 2020.
- Nigerians on Twitter have condemned the oath of secrecy the Lagos State government is foisting on members of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry established to investigate police brutality in the state.
The panel began its sitting on Tuesday (today).
A lawyer, Mr Festus Ogun, who addressed the matter on Twitter, described it as unconstitutional.
He said, “Again, this oath of secrecy is legally defective. First, the idea of secrecy is occult. Section 38(4) of the 1999 constitution frowns at ‘secret societies’.
“Oath of confidentiality would be better. Second, oaths are to be sworn before a commissioner of oaths, not the governor.”
This is shamefully wrong. The Panel of Inquiry is not a secret society. Discussions & resolutions should be common knowledge of the public. Again, the repetitive reference to the Governor is worrying. Loyalty is to the State. Everything is wrong with this.
Are we okay at all? pic.twitter.com/tuOJI9tRir
— FESTUS OGUN (@mrfestusogun) October 27, 2020
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