In such situation as the one in Rivers State today, many people are exposed in terms of their limited knowledge or ignorance. But it has become important to use the words the way they should be clearly understood. When people break the law, they have committed crime. And when someone commits crime, the person is punishable by the law or the government. And whoever commits a crime is a criminal. It is therefore left for you to call the president by the name of his action. When we make mention of the principle of separation of powers in government, it does not only mean the demarcation of the three arms of the government - the executive, legislature and the judiciary. It also involves the distinctions between the three tiers of government. Just as the executive cannot usurp the powers of the legislature or judiciary or the legislature taking over either the executive or judiciary or even the judiciary taking preeminence the powers of either of the executive or judiciary, so is the federa...