Nigeria: Will The Judiciary Condone Forgery?

 By Dele Sobowale

“Let justice be done, though the heavens fall” – Lord Mansfield, 1705-1793

“Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide; in the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side” – James Russell Lowell, 1819-1891

Until now, there was no reason to raise the question about substantial justice untainted with legal subterfuges – like the Supreme Court decision which declared a fourth place finisher in an election the winner; after awarding him more votes than INEC announced were counted. The Nigerian judiciary, since that judgment, had steadily reduced public confidence in the Third Estate of the Realm. We are in the season again when justice would be tested to the limit. 

Electronic Transmission: Let The Wishes Of The People Prevail

 By Bassey Ewa Henshaw

“Once to every man and nation

 Comes the moment to decide

In the strife of truth with falsehood

For the good or evil side

Some great cause, some great decision

Each offering the bloom or blight

And the choice goes by forever

Twixt that darkness and that light.”

—James Russell Lowell

*Akpabio and Tinubu

And indeed, the INEC Amendment Bill presents such a moment. A moment of  great decision. It is the moment when we all must choose between transparency, credibility and trust or manipulation, doubt and suspicion. It is a moment when silence is not golden and we must all speak up and side with the truth.