Supreme Court’s Ruling: The Good Side of a Bad Story.



There is no doubt that nigerians—except, of course, PDP members—are disappointed with the Supreme Court’s ruling which upheld the ‘election’ of President Yar’Adua. To most nigerians,it simply means the judiciary is everything from inefficient, incompetent, feeble, weak, etc. And, according to the mood you happen to be in when the judgement came your way, you can also say the Supreme Court is useless. Yes! Since it has failed us when we needed it most and has refused to breastfeed our nascent democracy. To the PDP members and, especially, the president, it signifies nothing short of the triumph (once more) of the Rule of Law, and the learned judges deserve an instant bottle of cold beer, for now.
    The Supreme Court’s ruling made a complete mess of our democracy and boldly labelled many people “Liars.” I am not so much concerned with this label on my fellow Nigerians who I guess were not really expecting the judgement to go another way, but I am concerned that the President also wears this label, for he had criticized the very system which brought him to power. So, fellow Nigerians, accept what has happened in good faith, for if the President and even the International Observers can be called liars, we are all in the big league. From the Supreme Court’s ruling, one man has been crowned “Mr. Honesty.” His name is Maurice Iwu. I do not envy him. We had laughed at him for sometime, now he is doing the same to us all. He even had the last laugh which I am told is the best.
     When Obama was announced as the winner of the 2008 United States Presidential Election, not a few people all over the world hailed the United States for a job well done. Even our own Yar’Adua, Mwai Kibaki et al sent their goodwill messages across, muttering a few words about democracy, apparently because they understand less of it. Our Murice Iwu did not praise the United State for proving they are still ahead. Maurice Iwu did not also shut up. He opened his mouth and said America has something to learn from our electoral system! We dismissed his w

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wat an irony