{"id":178732,"date":"2025-09-13T07:38:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T06:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/suspend-vacation-senate-under-akpabio-collapsing-nigeria"},"modified":"2025-09-13T08:45:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T07:45:22","slug":"suspend-vacation-senate-under-akpabio-collapsing-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspend-vacation-senate-under-akpabio-collapsing-nigeria","title":{"rendered":"Suspend Vacation Senate Under Akpabio Collapsing Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Activist lawyer, Femi Falana, has charged President Bola Tinubu to suspend his vacation and return to Nigeria to prevent the country from collapsing into a state of anarchy.<\/p>\n<p>Falana accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the Nigerian government of disobeying Court judgments and downplaying the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement he signed, Falana said the situation where Court judgments are disregarded by some influential people threatens adherence to the rule of law in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Bola Tinubu should prevent the state from collapsing by suspending his vacation and halt the inexorable descent to anarchy and chaos in the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He charged the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, to draw up measures to prevent such continuous court disobedience.<\/p>\n<p>The human rights lawyer also described the Senate under the leadership of Senate President Godswill Akpabio as the most notorious.<\/p>\n<p>Falana said the Senate under Akpabio has disregarded court verdicts.<\/p>\n<p>He lamented that under Akpabio\u2019s leadership, the Senate has treated Court verdicts with disdain.<\/p>\n<p>Falana said, \u201cJudgments of courts are disobeyed by governments and powerful individuals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most notorious institution is the Senate under the leadership of Senator Godswill Akpabio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Activist lawyer, Femi Falana, has charged President Bola Tinubu to suspend his vacation and return to Nigeria to prevent the country from collapsing into a state of anarchy. Falana accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the Nigerian government of disobeying Court judgments and downplaying the rule of law. 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