A former Legal professional-Basic of the Federation, Kanu Agabi, has lamented the prime price of election rigging in Nigeria, noting that family who’re suspicious of the electoral procedure have justifiable causes to be so.
Agabi, 78, who served as AGF underneath the management of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, made this commentary in an interview on Channels Tv’s programme, Within Resources with Laolu Akande, on Sunday.
He mentioned, “Remove the elections, for example. Are you aware what number of elections are challenged? Why? Since the elections are topic to justifiable suspicions.
“Those who suspect the elections have valid reasons, but if we reach a point where elections are not subjected to the kind of criticisms and suspicions that they currently face, then we can free up the courts.”
The Senior Suggest of Nigeria famous that the community’s judiciary device “is not perfect, but it is the best arm of government,” hour expressing fear over the overpowering selection of instances prior to the judges, declaring that they’re “overworked.”
“We retain speaking about reforming the judiciary. We retain attacking the judges, we stigmatise them, we abuse them, we insult them, however in actual fact this: we’ve got excellent judges.
“The judiciary isn’t easiest, however it’s the most productive arm of presidency. The condition is that this – at the judges’ lists, there could also be 30 or 40 instances a hour. How can they cope? So long as they proceed suffering with that device, they can not lead.
“The problem with the judiciary arises from the fact that judges are overworked,” Agabi asserted.
He additionally criticised political officeholders who’ve been elected via rigged elections, declaring that such elections can’t be blessed via God.
The ex-AGF mentioned, “Primaries are rigged on the birthday party stage. Giving a religious territory, you probably have got the place of business you might be retaining via robbery, do you are expecting God to spouse with you? Are you able to pray over that place of business? Are you able to utility it to do any just right? That’s the condition.
“St. Paul mentioned, ‘I am an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the grace of God.’ No matter place of business you reserve, you will have to be capable of say the similar factor. You will have to be capable of say, ‘I am a governor by the grace of God,’ or ‘I am a senator by the grace of God.’ If you’ll’t say that, your devotion invoking the identify of the Lord in that place of business is an abomination.
“We are coming from colonialism, but our leaders are taking us back for the love of more houses, more wives, and more money.”