If you wanna live – treat me goodIf you wanna live, live –I beg you treat me good I’m like a walking razorDon’t you watch my sizeI’m dangerous, said I’m dangerous
If it gets adopted in its present form, the new law will be a shrine to institutional capture.
One tweep describes what passes for judicial appointment process in Nigeria as “filiality via conjugality”.
It was an odd way to phrase arguably the most cynical and gratuitous expansion of presidential power in the history of the Nigerian Supreme Court.
State police will not be served à la carte, nor will it be a matter of variable geometry. Every state governor will see it as a necessary accessory of power.
The question he raised is simple: On whose mandate do judges stand? The judges cannot duck the issue posed by the president’s symbolic choice of battleground.
How the continent’s leaders and institutions handle the aftermath could have serious implications for the stability of the continent.
In January 2024, James Omotosho voided the Appropriations of Rivers State and issued a most remarkable à la carte judicial orders restraining the state governor.
The code of conduct for judicial officers in Nigeria contains five mentions of the words “independent” or “independence” and obligates them to observe “a high standard of conduct”.
Rights groups across Nigeria have widely hailed her recent graduation from the University of Ilorin.
