Nigerians must with
one voice put this critical question to the seven-member Supreme Court panel of
judges that sacked Governor Ihedioha of Imo State and planted Senator Hope
Uzodinma as his replacement: Distinguished as you all are, would you
have dared to pronounce this same perversity if other than the All Progressives
Congress (APC) is currently in control of the Federal Government of Nigeria?
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| *Justice Tanko Muhammad |
The
controversial Supreme Court verdict was read by Justice Kudirat Motonmori
Olatokunbo Kekere-Ekun. Mrs. Kekere-Ekun was born in 1958. She earned her first
Law degree from the University of Lagos, and the second from the London School
of Economics and Political Science, not from backyard or quota colleges that
routinely grant admissions to laggards confirmed incapable of passing basic
School Certificate subjects like English and Mathematics. Called to the Bar in
1981, she was appointed to the Supreme Court 32 years later.
Notable
lawyers hailed her appointment to the apex court, two of whose informed
opinions are here: “I have read a few of her judgments; she is very sound in
law. In other words, she suppresses technicality and allows substance to
prevail. She has that equitable spirit of trying to do justice,” said Professor
Itse Sagay, SAN.
