Bunmi Awolusi
Nigerian Bulletin
Friday, January 8th, 2010
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Tayo Oyetibo, on
Thursday faulted the Federal Government’s proposed use of
full-body scanners to screen international travellers passing through
the country’s airports.
He added that the development was unconstititutional, saying that
the proposed action would violate Nigerians’ rights to human
dignity and privacy as enshrined in sections 34 (1) (a) and 37 of the
1999 Constitution
Oyetibo, who stated this in a statement made available to our
correspondent in Lagos, reminded the government that the proposed
action was illegal since the National Assembly was yet to make any law
to authorise the use of the equipment.
According to the senior advocate, it is wrong for the government to
take a precipitating action to justify the unwarranted decision of the
United States’ placing of the country on the so called list of
‘security risk states.’
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