On Thursday, Dele Farotimi, a retired lawyer and public affairs analyst, delivered his verdict on the Supreme Court’s decision to reinstate Senate President Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan as the All Progressives Congress, APC’s Senatorial candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District, gistpeople reports
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Earlier this week, the Supreme Court, by a vote of three to two, confirmed Lawan as the APC’s genuine Senatorial candidate in the Yobe North Senatorial district.
In a majority decision, the Supreme Court overturned and set aside the decisions of the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal, which had affirmed Bashir Sheriff Machina as the APC candidate after he won the party’s primary election on May 28, 2022.
Given the serious allegations in his suit against the defendants, Justice Centus Chima Nweze, who delivered the majority opinion of the Supreme Court, held that Machina should have started his case at the Federal High Court with a writ of summons.
However, Justices Emmanuel Akomaye Agim and Adamu Jauro dissented from the majority decision, believing that the Federal High Court and Court of Appeal were correct in their findings, which confirmed Machina as the genuine candidate.
In response to the development, Farotimi called the Supreme Court’s decision “Judicial anarchy,” adding that it makes no sense.
He claims that it stinks to the ear rather than the nose.
During an interview on Arise TV’s morning show, Farotimi answered journalists’ questions.
“You’re talking about the Lawan case, you’re talking about the Akpabio case, and it almost seems like these are isolated cases, but the reality is that the Supreme Court and the Nigerian judiciary as a whole are becoming larger, it’s almost impossible to get justice, and it didn’t start yesterday,” Farotimi said.
“Just like what happened in Imo State, a man who came fourth, I believe, is today in the government house, thanks to the Supreme Court.
“The Machina-Lawan case stinks to the ear, not to the nose, but to the ear,” says Akpabio. You are implying judicial anarchy. It doesn’t seem to make any sense, but it didn’t start today.
“We’re getting to the point where you can’t trust the judiciary to do justice,” he added.
