Braggante:


my dear, i am not a lawyer and i need not be one to know that he who presides over a case, or chairpersons a panel can influence the decision of the panel. they call decisions of such people "lead judgment". (as a lawyer u shouod know). other judges may have dissenting views nonetheless. besides, a corrupt judge on a panel raises questions on the credibility of the panel. all he needs to do is to sway the others, with whatever material things he was swayed with. we know how it works. we Nigerians are not foolish.

as noted earlier, this same judge presided over similar decisions where justice was obviously crushed. is it not obvious? one neednt be a soothsayer to see that justice and honor are alien to this judge.

Decisions are reached by majority opinion/judgment out of five judges sitting on the panel. Our of these majority opinion, there's usually a lead judgment. So, can sit on the panel and still give a dissenting opinion in theory. However in practice, interested parties write these judgments and send to the judges to deliver, you may not agree but that's what's obtainable. A typical example is the issue of 2/3 of 19 states, the judge who have that judgment never participated in writing that judgment. Again, I don't expect anyone to agree with this view.