2027: Courts should not determine election winners – Falana

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, on Wednesday declared that courts should not beryllium allowed to find the winners of elections successful Nigeria.

Falana insisted that the engagement of the judiciary successful Nigeria’s antiauthoritarian process should beryllium constricted due to the fact that it’s making a mockery of the citizen’s choices.

Speaking connected Arise Television’s Sunrise Daily, the activistic lawyer noted that determination are nary indications that the judiciary is positioned to code the challenges that could originate successful the 2027 wide elections.

According to Falana: “There is nary denotation yet that the Nigerian judiciary is positioned to code immoderate of the challenges that whitethorn emanate with respect to immoderate of the elections apt to instrumentality spot successful January and February adjacent year.

“For me, the archetypal substance to code is the relation of the judiciary successful the electoral process successful Nigeria. We indispensable halt the signifier whereby the tribunal find the winners of the predetermination successful Nigeria.”

Falana insisted that the judiciary should not beryllium allowed to fell nether technicalities to marque a mockery of those duly elected by Nigerians.

He stressed connected the request for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and applicable stakeholders to guarantee the behaviour of due elections devoid of electoral irregularities.

Falana added: “We conscionable had an predetermination successful Osun State, hide each the shortco...