The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has cautioned the election petition tribunals against being\u00a0 compromised as they look into suits arising from the just concluded 2023 general polls.<\/p>\n
Mr Joe Ajaero gave the advice on Sunday in Abuja at a news conference organised by the Labour and Civil Society Movement Front.<\/p>\n
He said that organised labour and civil society movements might establish a \u2018Hall of Shame\u2019 for any judge that jeopardised the process.<\/p>\n
Although President-elect Bola Tinubu is set to\u00a0 be inaugurated as the nation\u2019s new president on May 29, there are a number of suits before the Presidential Election Tribunal challenging his victory.<\/p>\n
Ajaero said that there were growing worries that the election petition tribunals have yet to commence sitting regarding petitions from aggrieved candidates who participated in the exercise.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe identify with all the views expressed here because we believe that the mission is geared towards rescuing Nigeria and rescuing the judiciary as the latter is clearly down.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe judiciary has set many states and institutions on fire. The judiciary has set Imo State on fire and up till now, people are wondering how a person who was not a candidate of his party be declared the governor?<\/p>\n
\u201cThe judiciary has so many questions to answer. If they failed to answer those questions within a short time, we would create a Hall of Shame for those judges that come up with some judgments and that could happen soon,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n
The NLC president said there was a need for the Nigerian Bar Association and all arms in the judiciary to speak out on what was happening in the judiciary.<\/p>\n
He said that Nigerians would want know if the judiciary was still the last hope of the common man.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow the destiny of the country hangs on them. It is either they fulfill the role of being the last hope of the common man or they betray it, he said.<\/p>\n
Ajaero said that the mantra \u201cGo to court\u201c was shameful, adding \u201cwhen people tell you to go to court, they are telling you that that\u2019s the end of the matter.\u201c<\/p>\n
He said all hands must be on deck to rescue the judiciary.
\n\u201cThe NLC identifies with this body not necessarily on political basis but in order to rescue this country. You can see the youths struggling these days to see whether they can make any impact.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can see that there\u2019s a curve between those in government and the youth. There is no connection anywhere. There is no hope for the youths, so it is time to look at it. There is just no hope politically.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat hope do they have that when they compete their studies. Will they will get jobs. What is the number of vacancies declared annually?<\/p>\n
\u201cHow many people graduate from our schools? What percentage of them gets employed? So the time to rescue Nigeria is now,\u201d Ajaero said.<\/p>\n
Also, \u00a0Amb. Nkoyo Toyo, Convener of the Labour and Civil Society Front, noted that ripples from the 2023 elections have been worrisome and frightening.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe condemn the outright manipulation of the electoral process and abdication of responsibility by INEC as it has not only destroyed trust in the democratic process,\u201c she said.<\/p>\n
\u25aa\ufe0e By NAN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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