In effect, it was the decision of the hidden-faced seven justices of the Supreme Court with strong voices that mattered in the end.
No, Nigeria is not a DEMOCRACY. It is the extent to which a government of the people, by the people and for the people nudges humanity towards utmost freedom that makes a country democratic.Well, we all must rise, acquiesce and in unison say: As the Court pleases. In effect, it was the decision of the hidden-faced seven justices with strong voices that mattered in the end.
I no longer had the luck of listening to the weighty voices of My Lord Justices without their faces. I still ask myself why My Lords allowed the cameras into the court but hid their faces from viewers. The Yoruba say: “oju l’oro wa”, meaning eye contact is the essence of verbal communication. And you only hide your face when you are ashamed of what you are doing or when you are afraid and need protection by being ‘faceless’.
All sorts of arguments were brought to justify why the third person in the race should be declared the winner of the selection. So much was made of the electronic transmission of results from polling units. Though it was not the law, but it was promised by the head of the selection process.
The attempt to intimidate the judiciary was resisted by the Chief Justice of Nigeria , when he stated that justices do not operate on the basis of public opinion but rather, according to the law. And what constitutes public opinion these days? Vox populi? How do we arrive at the voice of the people? Is it the voices of those who are loudest on social media, if a summation of that were possible?
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