In the wee hours of November 23, 2009, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua was hurriedly flown out of Aso Rock to Saudi Arabia for urgent medical attention. The urgency of the evacuation, Nigerians were made to understand, neither allowed the President to inform his Deputy, Dr Jonathan Goodluck, that he was proceeding on medical vacation nor permitted him to cede powers to him in accordance with the provision of section 145 of the 1999 constitution.

A civil rights organisation, Partnership for Justice, PJ, has raised concern over the blocking of the reading of a human rights report on arrest and secret detentions around the world at the 13th session of United Nations Human Rights Council scheduled to hold from March 1- 30, 2010 in Geneva, Switzerland.

Sometime last week, someone, somewhere, decided to bring back our dear and beloved President to his fatherland in circumstances that have triggered further debate as to our ability to manage our affairs as ordered by the extant Constitution.

An automobile company, Chery Motors Nigeria Ltd, has dragged the Delta State government before a Delta State High Court, for allegedly failing to pay N90million for the 49 cars supplied to it (Delta) for the Delta State Integrated Development Agency scheme in 2008. Meanwhile, hearing in the matter will continue on Monday.

According to Cross, Bell and Engle [1987], “interpretation is the process by which the courts determine the meaning of a statutory provision for the purpose of applying it to the situation before it.” It follows that in interpreting any section of the Constitution, the court and I dare say National Assembly would usually seek to discover the intention of the legislature or Constitution maker.