Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-uuh.

Any time I read your comment about the topic posted & later read the "business-side" of your comment, I just laughed smilingly.

For now, democracy is being rocked by the crooks at the corridors of power. It is not a utter failure; though it seems. Democracy grows with time, though stunted in the case of Nigeria.

If the Judges ignore the evidence before them then it will be pointless to go to court in future. The only way to seek redress will then be blood in the streets

That’s the kind of anarchy about to befall Nigeria

It is imperative to note that life and living is like a coin. It is "head" in a direction and "tail" in the other upper direction.

No matter how faulted a judicial outcome it. The winner will sing praises of the judicial system whereas the loser will shout to high heavens the extent of decay of the judiciary.

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iwayumeh:

The presidential election of 2019 has come and perhaps gone. To some, it might have been confined to the dustbin of history but definitely not the throwbacks on the conscience of a nation which has been wounded by its blatant disregard for common sense; a nation that needs healing.

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has approached the courts to seek redress. His prayers? That he won the February 23 presidential elections without let and he was brazenly rigged out by the All Progressives Congress and its candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari using apparatuses of state security and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the supposed umpire of the polls. He also prayed the court to look into the merits of his claim that Buhari was ineligible to contest for the post of president having lied under oath in the form CF001 that he filled and submitted to INEC to enable him contest for that office.

Since March, 2019 Nigerians have been treated to a drama of the absurd in all the legal tussles, their quest for justice have been treated with the greatest disdain as if they do not matter.

The legal rigmarole have taken turns and twists, first from the refusal of INEC, a supposed electoral umpire which obviously did not seem to be living up to its name as in being independent refusing the Atiku legal team access to electoral materials with which to prosecute its case, and this was done in blatant disregard of a subsisting Court order to make them available.

Then the legal tricks of deliberate delays: refusal of the President of Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa to recuse herself especially in a matter where her culpability and interest is very much manifest. All these court theatrics no doubt robbed the Atiku and PDP legal team of ample time and opportunity to parade all or most of its listed four hundred witnesses lined up in support of its claims.

To start with, INEC shot itself in the legs by denying it ever had a Server into which all election results were uploaded. It is a grave assault on the minds of many Nigerians. In this age and time, where does INEC capture data of over 80 million registered voters spread across one hundred and ninety nine, nine hundred and seventy three polling stations in the country? Even against its own laws and guidelines INEC had defaulted because it promised Nigerians a fool proof election conduct, collation and transmission of results. There is enough evidence to suggest that INEC lied about this all important aspect of the voting process. If INEC gets away with a discharge from this open lies, then all and most especially the Chairman and its principal officers should not get away with fraud. They should answer questions on the money approved for the procurement of this electronic facility. If INEC truly does not have a Server, the money allocated for it must have been stolen by its operatives.

But yet more drama was to await Nigerians, as they woke up to a rude shock last week after Atiku and the PDP closed their case within its ten days allotted time, presenting 65 witnesses of its 400 (because of time constraints). First it was INEC that declared matter of fact that it does not have witnesses to call, and after a highly disappointing parade of seven lacklustre witnesses that did more damages to the Buhari/APC defends line, they also opted for an abrupt close of case. Curiously, the APC closed its own case before it even started without calling a witness.

Typically the signal this sends to most Nigerians that just like the February 23 elections, the APC is out to draw out another card in its pack of aces, to browbeat the Judiciary. Another short corner legion?

What suffers in the eventuality of a miscarriage of Justice as the sudden change of tactics suggest? Democracy is about to be taken to the slaughter house and where the will of the people is murdered in such brazen manner their existence was abridged. A stolen mandate is directly proportional to a stolen future and a perverted destiny.

The nation’s Justices will write their names in 24 karat of gold if they manifest the moral force as embodied by Lady Justice.

By evoking its instrumentality of impartiality, the Judiciary would have gained back its integrity and fulfilment of the sacred duty bestowed on it by providence.

Long after this season, it would be said of Nigeria’s judiciary that it found itself at a crossroads, but showed uncommon courage in restoring hope to a country in need of salvation, and ultimately wrote itself in the golden book as champions of our democracy.

Olumide Ojini, a Microbiologist wrote from Asaba

Source:

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/08/nigerias-judiciary-at-a-crossroads-ojini/

Beginning from removal of CJN Onoghen to his replacement with a Mohammed of curious and doubtful credentials, even a fool knows that Buhari presidency prepared to steal the last presidential election, and Buhari did.

It's left for the men and women of Nigeria's judiciary to now tell Buhari presidency that a president with doubtful academic credentials cannot lord it over learned gentlemen and ladies of the judicial arm of government..


EXecutive, Legislature and the Judiciary are three arms of government. None of the arms must make a mess of the other.

PDP and their candidates are only reaping the fruit they planted way back since 2003....they laid the foundation for a corrupted ele toral process...Baba iyabo do or die ele tion comes to mind...yar adua even confessed about the elections that made him president.

its wrong...agreed but PDP just met a worse fashiin of themselfs cos PDP made APC same people/crooks. so PIDPIGS and Atiku should spare us this long talk....do they tink APC will just go away like that...wether by crook or by fraud,I hate to say it but PDP had all the opportunity to fare better...as should have done better....they were doing paddy paddy government at the masses expense....let Atiku spend some out of the lots he stole

wailing

legba1:
PDP and their candidates are only reaping the fruit they planted way back since 2003....they laid the foundation for a corrupted ele toral process...Baba iyabo do or die ele tion comes to mind...yar adua even confessed about the elections that made him president.

its wrong...agreed but PDP just met a worse fashiin of themselfs cos PDP made APC same people/crooks. so PIDPIGS and Atiku should spare us this long talk....do they tink APC will just go away like that...wether by crook or by fraud,I hate to say it but PDP had all the opportunity to fare better...as should have done better....they were doing paddy paddy government at the masses expense....let Atiku spend some out of the lots he stole

This is nonsense excuse

The same PDP reformed the electoral process that allowed Buhari to win

Instead of moving forward Buhari is dragging the country back by 30yrs

This is not about PDP , all of Nigeria is collapsing

A country where votes do not count can not make progress

We are watching. If the Judiciary overlook the overwhelming evidence before them then they should be be ready for the consequences of their actions in years to come.
I wonder what is wrong with Nigeria and Nigerians. We live as though we have another country to run to when this country is burned to the ground.
I like what USA is doing. Keep rejecting the visa applications of both the celebrities and the elites so they can speak out.

iyamupeter1:
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The problem is that all the institutions in the country are collapsing. For crying out loud, the legal institution is supposed to be last hope of even a layman but since it's been highjacked, am afraid there's no hope for now. Spit on lawyers defending illegality especially senior advocates.

If they didn't have the courage to do Osun, I don't see them doing the right thing for the presidential election.

SLAP44:
Olumide, the judiciary, just like the legislature, the power sector, the civil service, the agricultural sector and security services are deliberately being railroaded towards destruction in the past 4 years and you know who's responsible for that.

You better name names rather than hiding behind you monitor to make vague statements. This is not a literature class.

so many thrash as write up...election was done and recorded on paper transmitted via paper from pus til Abuja what is server rubbish been talked about...this same judiciary gave zamfara to pdp... must atiku rule Nigeria...let him prove his case and allow judges make their judgements...

See how people are talking here as if atiku is saying the truth