Just over a month ago, the United States of America categorically said it will not cooperate with the International Criminal Court of Justice (ICC) in any way or any form, and neither will it allow the court to try any American citizen or that of any of its allies. The US national security adviser, Ambassador John Bolton specifically called the ICC an “illegitimate court” besides threatening the entire judges of the court with sanctions if they dared entertain anything or any matter the US considers a threat to their national interests.



Here in Nigeria, there was a recent uproar by some so- called rule of law advocates after President Buhari rightly said that national interest supersedes the rule of law which some people use as a convenient cover to seek freedom or protection for persons accused of committing heinous crimes and even rising against the sovereignty of the Nigerian state like Sambo Dasuki, Nnamdi Kanu and others like them! To such people, rule of law reigns when every rogue of their liking is walking about freely without accountability, even if the person has committed a heinous crime.

I thought I will see or hear deafening outrage from these rule of law “activists” after the US pronouncement on the ICC but, alas, till now there’s dead silence from them! The US is known as the greatest champion and advocate of democracy and the rule of law, both domestically and internationally, but to hear them rile against an internationally legitimate organ like the ICC that was created and established for the sole purpose of strengthening democracy and the rule of law globally? Well, that was a shocker!

The simple message the US is passing to everyone that cares is this: the national interest of the United States of America supercedes the rule of law just as President Buhari also rightly said Nigeria’s national interest supersedes the so-called rule of law!

Since 2001, or thereabout, the United States has kept some suspected terrorists in detention at Guantanamo bay without trial. That’s about 17 years now without trial!

Here in Nigeria, the so-called rule of law advocates are calling President Buhari a dictator for detaining somebody like Sambo Dasuki for just three years without as much as caring for the thousands of people that have been killed and millions that have been made IDPs because of “Boko Haram”, which, apparently, were deliberately allowed to grow and fester for they equally label the president a dictator for decisively crushing a terror group called IPOB with their leader, Nnamdi Kanu running away at the mere sight of a python!..

FOR FULL WRITE-UP, VISIT: http://www.nigerianeye.com/2018/11/buhari-and-rule-of-law-by-sharon-f-cham.html

I cannot relate

Buhari And The Overrule OF Law

"..The simple message the US is passing to everyone that cares is this: the national interest of the United States of America supercedes the rule of law just as President Buhari also rightly said Nigeria’s national interest supersedes the so-called rule of law!.."

The US is not ruled by ruthless lifeless tyrannts.

"Laws become fragile under the influence of dictators."-Wayne Gerard Trotman