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Opinion: Election Petitions: An Independent Judiciary Is Critical For Democratic Stability, By Clem Aguiyi

How they interpret the extant laws in the face of national expectations will have far reaching effects, especially on the stability of democracy in Nigeria.

Faced with a similar situation like we now do, the Kenya Supreme Court did not hesitate to apply the law and thus saved democracy in Kenya. In so doing it created a precedent for the entire Africa. The rulings of the Kenya Supreme Court could serve as a useful guide in our circumstances. They made claims that could not stand technical scrutiny of the expert panel appointed by the Supreme Court. For instance, IEBC declined to provide the internal configuration firewall of its server, arguing that this would affect the security of their system. The technical team was able to prove that the integrity of the system would not be affected at all by providing the firewall configuration. But IEBC did not do provide the firewall configuration anyway.

The Supreme Court judges in Kenya come from the same society as the people. As proud members of the bench they did everything to stand firm on the provisions of the law. I would tend to go by their judgment and will expect our own judges in the presidential election tribunal to deliver judgments without fear or favour.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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