A Lagos based legal practitioner, Mr Festus Keyamo has written to President Goodluck Jonathan, urging him to obey and comply with a Federal High Court judgment in respect of appointments of service chiefs.
The letter was also addressed to the Senate President, David Mark, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal.
In the letter, Mr Keyamo recalled that on July 1, 2013, he obtained a judgment from the court sitting in Abuja, which declared that the appointments of the Chief of Air Staff, Chief of Army Staff and that of the Chief of Naval Staff were done without the approval of both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
These appointments, the court held was contrary to Section 18 Subsection 1 and 2 of the Armed Forces Act of Nigeria, 2004.
Mr Keyamo noted that no appeal had been filed to challenge the judgment. He therefore wants the President to uphold the rule of law and not give Nigerians the impression that the military is still above the law.
The legal practitioner said that as at today, all official actions taken by the service chiefs; Lt-General Azubuike Ihejirika (Chief of Army Staff), Air Vice-Marshal Alex Sabundu Badeh (Chief of The Air Staff) and Rear-Admiral Dele Joseph Ezeoba (Chief of Naval Staff), are null, void and of no effect in the eyes of the law.
He has therefore issued a 14 day ultimatum to the President, the Senate President and the Speaker to act and enforce the compliance of the judgment, failing which he would go back to court to compel compliance.