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/

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.

Wait o was Atiku thinking that the Judiciary in a Buhari-led administration will redress the "unfree" and "unfair" election
in this naija ? As in this same naija sha

A cross Road since 1999?

As far as I'm concerned, Democracy in this country is a complete failure

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

All humans have been gifted the wonderful characteristic called conscience. Without any religious affiliation, we know what is right and what is wrong. What differentiates us all is the price it will take to sell or subvert our consciences

Weldone

Rubber stamp Judiciary

Ok

I no feet read these help summariz

Hmmmm

Good morning

Judiciary is gone, nothing is working again.


Our president is the law, so no one dares to challenge him.

pointstores:
I no feet read these help summariz

Atiku carry him paperbag leave court, go back to him haas because Bubu boiz (white wig-wearers) nor gree say he win the election. Upon say e clear to Atiku pipo say Bubu use millitary, korofo and INEC take play this voting wayo and all of us contry pipo just siddon, nack hand under jaw dey look.....
Na so we go dey dey? When naija go con better?
Naija democracy go ever become original democracy so

That's basically the summary.... Anyone who doesn't agree should read and summarize biko

All I can say is the PDP is getting a taste of their own medicine.

Nigerian judges that give Oluwole judgement should face Visa ban...and likely get kidnapped by herdsmen

You can't do evil and be flexing evil influence and money abroad .

Because of Yoruba devilish, wicked and inhumane Gutter Media. Blood Sucker media

vgjhfjf:
Correct score

Your GF wants to buy Benz for her father, why not share you useless fixed match to her so that she can be rich.


Your brothers, sisters, uncles and aunts wanna be rich ooo. Send it to them

DameB:

Wait o was Atiku thinking that the Judiciary in a Buhari-led administration will redress the "unfree" and "unfair" election
No in naija As in this same naija sha

Atiku's stupidity you really addressed.


But those around him were just looking for any Avenue to milk him. So you won't blame him much.

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/

All this long talk, how many times has Buhari contested? How many times did he approach the Judiciary??, What did Yaradua say about his election

We always make it sound like the world is coming to an end...

DameB:

Atiku carry him paperbag leave court go haas because Bubu boiz (white wig-wearers) nor gree say he win the election and all of us contry pipo just siddon, nack hand under jaw dey look.....
Na so we go dey dey?
Naija democracy go ever become original democracy so

That's basically the summary

what kind of summary is this?

[quote author=SLAP44 post=80934902]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.

It’s Evidential,sad that you could not process the columnist narration.

pointstores:
I no feet read these help summariz

The article was saying that their is no way in the world that Lionel Messi will be rated over Christiano Ronaldo.

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In this 21st century. Our president is still struggling to present O'level result that even a cleaner on the street have both with Neco.
This country is so f**ked and very far from redemption.
With money in Nigeria, many birth rights can be bought and many conscience sealed.
Nigeria is never going to be great if we continue trending on our path.

pointstores:
I no feet read these help summariz

Tomorrow don't come and shout ojoro when court concludes and it doesn't favor you.

Please carry national issues seriously so that you don't end up as a zombie to a wrong party

I laugh in illiterate

Still on the same matter!!!

My take on the subject matter is very simple and precise, you can't eat your cake and still have them as you won't have cakes at your disposal. Atiku came to showcase how popular he is a former custom officer and a former vice president that saw everything glaring and beautiful to be at aso rock come May 29th but he was underestimating the power of incumbency from someone who will do anything humanly possible to remain in power.

Certainly he won with some proves flying in the internet of an INEC server but there are polite means of justifying your actions which i think he didn't follow the process and rely on the incapacitated judiciary that are only been controlled by the executive.

The election might have come and gone but Nigerians are still dressing their wounds from the molestation and encroachment of the Nigerian Army.

Some people were disfranchise that they couldn't cast their votes of the candidate of their choice and some agents died over peanut given to them to win their pooling units to their party at all cost.

Vote selling and buying was another menace that was staring everyone at the face and it gives us a very bad impression from the international observers.

We all know what to do to salvage these great country from sinking completely but everyone is been indifferent about it.

God will help us get our system right that is disgusting and mischievous in seeing the day light if we must go far.

akiOYIBO:
Because of Yoruba devilish, wicked and inhumane Gutter Media. Blood Sucker media

must u just talk....wat has d gibrish u spewed up there got to do wt d subject matter??