Naira crisis: Nigerians abusing S/Court judges risk jail terms — CASER

The Citizens Advocacy for Social and Economic Rights (CASER) has expressed concerns over the use of abusive language by some protesters against justices of the Supreme Court restraining the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from the February 10 deadline for old naira notes.

Executive Director and Lead Advocate of CASER, Frank Tietie, on Wednesday in Abuja said the action of the group of persons claiming to be members of civil society organisations was contemptuous and punishable.

“By Nigeria’s common law tradition, any disrespect for the court of law during its proceedings or in the general public is considered a criminal offence punishable with imprisonment.

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“Therefore, the so-called civil society group, which decided to throw caution to the wind by picking on the Supreme Court Justices, to abuse them because they delivered a ruling on an interim application, must be prepared to face the consequences associated with such behaviour that is fueled by a mixture of Dutch courage and crass ignorance,” Tietie said.