On Tuesday, February 26, 2008 the judiciary will make an important comment on the charade of April 2007, an electoral process adjdued to be the worst in the history of Nigeria. The whole nation is holding its breadth waiting to see whether it should have faith on the judicial system or not .
Nigeria waits in suspense as the court of appeal delivers its verdict on the presidential polls that have been described as a sham by all observers, both local and international. Even the alleged victor Umaru Musa Yar adua has acknowledged the flaws of the election and even set up a panel to reform the electoral system.
As a matter what is on trial is the judiciary. The verdict will be on whether the judiciary can be relied upon. In every nook and cranny of Nigeria there are gory tales of what happened in April 2007. Most Nigerians did not vote. Electoral materials were no made available and those who dared to challenge the process were murdered.
Unfortunately, the judiciary process has not been user friendly and has been very expensive, too expensive for most people interested in Justice to seek redress. The system is too technical and apart form Enugu state and Benue states, in no other area have elections been voided on the basis of the electoral fraud that disenfranchised Nigerians.
The Court of Appeal would therefore be doing the nation a lot of good to make a pronouncement that would save Nigeria from what is happening to Kenya and other places. This, for good reason. It is notorious fact that several of the judges, including Supreme Court judges were denied their rights to vote.
Several other electoral victories have been overturned. click here for details
Certainly Murtala Nyako is a goner.
Nigerians are surprised that Yar Adua who acknowledged the flaw elections is yet to sack the man who orchestrated the fraud, Maurice Iwu
In a matter of hours we will know