Atiku Cannot be Arrested or Disqualified until He is Convicted by The Supreme Court—Femi Falana

 Atiku Cannot be Arrested or Disqualified until He is Convicted by The Supreme Court—Femi Falana

Popular human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, while speaking during an interview with Channels Television Sunrise, stated that Atiku Abubakar cannot be disqualified from contesting for the presidency once he has not been convicted by a law court.

Femi Falana made this statement while speaking on the money laundering allegations filed against the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. According to him, “What the law is saying now, the Supreme Court’s pronouncement in Atiku Abubakar versus the Federal Government, is that, unless you are convicted by a court for an offense, you cannot be disqualified from contesting an election in Nigeria.”