Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has threatened to institute legal proceedings against the Federal Government over the allocation of newly built luxury houses to judges in Abuja’s Katampe district, describing the gesture as discriminatory and contrary to the principle of equality before the law.
Falana spoke in a video shared by NewsCentral on Thursday, where he questioned the legal basis for providing exclusive housing benefits to judges while other categories of public servants continue to face poor welfare and inadequate housing.
Expressing disappointment over the handover ceremony, he said he was unable to identify any law that justified the government’s action.
“We have got to a stage in the country where we need to challenge the special privileges given to the rich and top public officers in the country,” he said.
“Yesterday, I was watching the telly, I was very sad when I saw that the federal government was handing over the keys of houses to judges, and I asked myself under what law we are operating from, because it’s discriminatory and illegal. You must treat us equally in our country.”
