“The only thing new here is the man is confessing his impunity. For doing that, he and his wife got rewarded with having their daughter appointed to the High Court Bench.”
He said the establishment of the bureau was part of the fulfillment of the recommendation by the Truth, Justice and Peace Commission.
How Nigeria’s Supreme Court decides ongoing petitions over the controversial 2023 presidential election will matter.
On the occasions when the president entrusted him with responsibilities for running the government or any part of it, he delivered capable leadership with clear results.
“I am one of those who have lost hope. So, please don’t speak about some. That is one of the reasons I no longer can claim to be a lawyer.”
One question to be answered in this election could be whether the country has the imagination and resilience to find pathways beyond these traditional fissures.
Any crisis afflicting the Supreme Court in the Nigerian judiciary sooner or later occasions system-wide contagion.
The son of a father whose life is steeped in the idea of power, Tunde preferred to focus on the power of ideas.
His hand coordination suggested that Mr Umahi was directing the soldiers to hit specific parts of the public servants’ bodies.
The reality of colonial and post-colonial Nigeria has been one long story of judicial subordination into subservience.
