The lawyer, who called for a referendum to determine Nigeria’s continued existence, insisted that Nigeria needs a new constitution.
The PUNCH had earlier reported that the Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman of the Senate’s Ad Hoc Committee on Constitution Review, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, said it will be difficult to repeal the 1999 Constitution and enact a new law for Nigeria, noting that there are stringent conditions for achieving it.
He also said while several socio-political and cultural groups, prominent Nigerians, were clamouring for a new constitution, the parliament had yet to receive a memorandum seeking to amend Section 9 of the Constitution.
But speaking on Friday, Adegboruwa said a new constitution is possible. The senior advocate spoke while featuring on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme monitored by The PUNCH.
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He said, “In Section 9 of the constitution for which the National Assembly is hiding, there is a provision there that states that if you want to amend a constitution, if you want to do things that require fundamental operations of the existence of this nation, all you need do is to ensure there is a referendum, there is a particular process that will go around all the states of Nigeria.
“In other words, it is possible for the National Assembly in the efforts they are making, if at all they are sincere, with all due respect to them, to use this particular process to convene a National Conference for the purpose of agreeing on what will be the terms of the existence of this nation.”
