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Justice is represented with the symbol of a blindfolded lady bearing a set of balancing scales. She is not supposed to see those she judges so that she will not be swayed by emotion. Whoever does not weigh well on the scales is punished. That is what the justice system in a democracy is supposed to be. It should not vary according to who is involved.
For seven months, the Academic Staff Union of Universities was on strike because of a breakdown in discussion between the union and the Federal Government. Having used all the possible means to get the university lecturers to call off their strike without success, the Federal Government approached the National Industrial Court to order ASUU to call off its strike.
Other Nigerians who love the rule of law advised ASUU to obey the court ruling so as not to lose the moral high ground. There is an argument made about the decision of a court of law. It is said that if a judge comes into the courtroom apparently drunk, staggering and reeking of alcohol, but makes a ruling on a case, that ruling stands and should be obeyed.
On October 13, the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja discharged and acquitted the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, of terrorism charges. The court ruled that the Buhari administration breached Nigerian and international laws by the way it abducted Kanu from Kenya and brought him to Nigeria in 2021. The music from the Buhari regime changed. The argument and spin began.
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