These are not the best of times for the image and reputation of the Nigerian Judiciary. In recent years, this revered arm of government has gone into
These are not the best of times for the image and reputation of the Nigerian Judiciary.
The second happened on Monday, June 12th, when President Bola Tinubu during his Democracy Day broadcast said “It has become imperative to state here that the unnecessary illegal orders used to truncate or abridge democracy will no longer be tolerated.” “Senator Bulkachuwa’s statement at the valedictory of the 9th Senate is a monumental disgrace for our institutions. This man deserves to be taken up immediately by the authorities. It is a blight on my confidence in our systems,” he said.
In the same vein, the main opposition- the Peoples Democratic Party was also unequivocal in calling out President Tinubu for his comment about the judiciary. However, amid all these controversies, another lawmaker, Senator Ali Ndume commended Senator Bulkachuwa’s confession, attesting that he also faces a similar situation.
While ordinary citizens can more easily become part of the other arms of government, the Judicial arm is a professional organ composed of cerebral and respected members of the Bench tasked with meting out justice whenever disputes arise between the arms of government or between the people and the government they elected.
The chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Ikeja Chapter, Seyi Olawumi, while condemning the declining image of the judiciary, said there is a growing loss of public confidence in the legal systems, and citizens are now interested in going to bribe judges. “So there is a need for the judiciary to purge itself. Also, the lawyers should do more too, because these things are not done without the connivance of the lawyers.”
Ubani stressed what is happening in the judiciary does not question Judicial independence, it rather exposes the calibre of persons admitted to be made judges. “Most of them have not practised the nitty gritty of law in order to appreciate sound judgments whenever they read. Most of their judgments are very shallow because there is no depth in some of the people brought into the judicial circle to act as judges.
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