A US-based Nigerian legal luminary, Chris Okobah, has tasked Nigerians to tighten the knots of the nation’s electoral system to stop the judiciary from awarding election results.
Okobah, while speaking with Journalists in Asaba, said the call had become necessary because the Court was now a place of last resort to the political class after manipulating the electoral system in their favour.
The renowned legal practitioner, who arrived Nigeria from the United States of America recently, said the Court was becoming a guff and breeding ground for electoral frauds, which was causing more harm than good to the country’s democracy, and as such, it was no longer the last hope of the common man.
He said the uncertainty and confusion in the air following some recent Court judgements did not speak well of the Judiciary, as corrupt politicians had hijacked the judicial process to get what they wanted.
“It is nonsense when we say that the Court is the last hope of the common man. The court is now the last hope of corrupt politicians because they use it to get what they want. So, why must we leave our electoral system for Court to decide. It only happens because of the manipulations in the system.
One of the Court judgements which is creating additional state in the country by granting Abuja the status of a state is an embarrassing comical situation, and is more or less taking Nigerians for a ride.
“How can you tell us that Nigeria is made up of 37 states when the Constitution provides for 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, which has ever maintained a different status, but not a state. Worse still is that some lawyers are busy defending what is not right”, Okobah said.
On the palliative offered by the Presidency to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal, he said the package was a Greek Gift meant to undermine the sensibility of Nigerians and would not stand the test of time.
He urged President Bola Tinubu to put facilities in place to create jobs and meaningful engage as many Nigerians as possible instead of making so much noice about palliatives.
The estate valuer cum politician opened up on the unfolding insecurity in the land, and said Nigeria was now a hotbed where criminals had their way unchallenged.
According to him, insecurity had snowballed into unpalatable and undesirable situation whereby lives and property were no longer safe, particularly for the average and defenceless Nigerian.
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