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ABSTRACT
There is no doubt that the rule of law is unambiguously enshrined in the Nigerian constitution. The only surprising thing to any competent individual is the blatant disrespect shown to this constitutional provision by Nigerian rulers who had openly sworn to uphold it Consequently, what had pervaded the polity on all grounds has been lawlessness. From the backdrop of several cases of unjustifiable arrests, unfair trials, executive lawlessness, suppression of free speech and undue domination of minorities, this paper establishes the acts of the executive that are not in line with the rule of law which amounts to executive lawlessness and also juxtaposes the theoretical framework of governance against what is obtained in practice and appeals to the executives to conduct their affairs with restraint, humility and propriety. Also addressed in this paper is executive lawlessness and the role of law in curbing the ugly development in Nigeria, against the backdrop that executive lawlessness is one of the major problem confronting the Nigerian state as it inhibits the smooth functioning of the law and ultimately hindering sustainable development.
This work recommends that there is the need to imbibe the spirit and culture of constitutionalism and also the need for vibrant judiciary completely separated from politics and the research concludes that it is expedient to identity how to determine act amounting to executive lawlessness with recourse to the concept of rule of law.
