Tribunal Sides PDP, dismisses cases against fouled polls

The disappointment on the faces of people inside and outside the courtroom were clear for all to see. The hopes that had been built on the Judiciary were dashed today. Nothing had come out of it. The Judiciary had decided to tread on the well-trodden path of supporting the status quo, however, wrong.
A few minutes into the reading of the judgment, it was clear how the Justices were headed. All the issues that were raised by both General Mohammadu Buhari and Atiku Abubakar were brushed aside. As far as the Justices were concerned:
1. No evidence had been adduced to prove substantial non-compliance with the Electoral Act 2006;
2. Even if the evidences of falsification were made available, the petitioners still had to prove two things: First, that the malpractices affected the outcome of the elections; and secondly, that such malpractices specially affected the chances of the petitioners.
Strangely, very strange indeed, the Court of appeal now holds that INEC can remove your name from the ballot and restore it within a few hours, when it is late for you to campaign € and that is legal.
Furthermore, by the pronouncements of the Justices, there are no standards and rules in the electoral process. Once your agents capture the result sheets, and do whatever they want, as long as it cannot be proved that you issued the instructions, you are OK.

I have never believed in Judicial activism and never believed that the Judiciary is the last hope of the common man. As several common men know to their eternal regret, and often too late, the Judiciary is the arm of the establishment that justifies people who have got themselves into power
I do know that elections did not take place € at least at the places that I went to € I know, and was harassed, right into my bedroom by soldiers. For the Justices, that is criminal offence. I have to report to the Police men snatching ballot boxes and beating up people to arrest themselves.If the person who is supposed to be arresting is the one committing the crime, who do you report to?
Criminal indeed were the charades of April 2007, but we have no proof and so the €œwinners€ have been given a clean bill of health by the courts.
No matter what € it is clear in the minds of all those who saw what happened that anyone who desires to win elections should prepare for his guns and thugs. Thanks to the courts. It is sad that the Court of Appeal is heading this.
And it is good for Nigerians that that they don not want to fight for their rights. They want some miracles to happen, which is why this country has been almost left behind.
With what the judiciary has done, we should give Iwu a national honour and stop complaining, after all, how you can prove that you did not vote