'Legislators in the US, UK and other nations are working around the clock on economic stimulus laws and other legal measures to cushion the excruciating effect of Covid19. But the legislators in Nigeria have converted the lockdown to a holiday.'
when the jurisdiction of the courts was ousted in respect of anything done or purported to have been done by military dictators, the courts are empowered to determine all disputes under the current civil rule. Even though it is not a democracy yet, the avenues for waging struggles are an integral part of the governance structure. Unlike when military dictators could detain people indefinitely, law enforcement agencies are required to charge anyone arrested for known offences before the courts.
Since the Constitution has accorded equality of rights, obligations and opportunities before the law to all citizens, it is unjust, discriminatory and illegal to attend to political cases at the expense of the cases of other litigants. Because of the disruptive nature of such matters, it is now agreed on all hands by relevant stakeholders that governorship election petitions be terminated at the court of appeal, as was the case before the constitutional amendment of 2011.
Recently, you alleged that there were plans to re-arrest Omoyele Sowore. What should Nigerians expect in case it happens? That explains why the Buhari administration hides under the bogey of national security to defend disobedience of court orders. Unfortunately, the Nigerian Bar Association is too weak to mobilise the people to defend the judiciary. I have tried to convince the leadership of the legal profession to stop alienating its members by queuing behind the few corrupt judges that are messing up the judiciary. Judges who commit the eleventh commandment of the bourgeoisie i.
First, the judiciary has to embrace case management. For instance, hundreds of appeals in the Supreme Court relate to the jurisdiction of the federal high court to entertain certain cases. What stops the court from fixing a day for all such matters, invite all the lawyers and ask them to address the court on any area that has not been determined in previous decisions? Secondly, technology has to be given priority by the judiciary.
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