• Ex-president pleads not guilty to 34 criminal counts
• Nobody should be above the law, say Oyebode, Omoregie
• Ogunsanwo: No comparison, Nigeria not in the league of U.S.
As former President of America, Donald Trump, yesterday, pleaded not guilty to 34 criminal charges against him in a Manhattan criminal court, the nation’s judiciary has been tasked to show courage in the discharge of its duties and dispense justice no matter whose ox is gored.
Reacting to Trump’s arraignment, a professor of jurisprudence and international law, Akin Oyebode, said the Americans have done the unthinkable by putting an ex-President on trial.
“It shows that in America, everyone is equal under the law, from the highest to the lowliest. The simple lesson from this is the need for our judicial system to ensure equality before the law and do away with privileges and immunity for the high and mighty.
“I…
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