Nigeria's Supreme Court ruled that the federal government has no power, authority or right to withold, hoard or impound statutory revenues/allocations due and belonging to states and local governments (re - Lagos v FG case). The president proudly ignored the order, claiming he was defending the constitution!
An Abuja High Court ruled that INEC has no power or authority or right to disqualify or bar any political aspirant from the April general elections - such powers lie only with the courts. The commission proudly ignored the order, claiming it is defending the constitution!
Pray, which constitution? Hahaha.
Professor Maurice Iwu, the INEC chairman, is certainly matching his appointer and boss order for order, hubris for hubris, law-trampling for law-trampling! Except that a President Olusegun Obasanjo has an armada of sorts (forces, praise-singers, pretenders and resources) to shield him awhile. As for the professor, oh bells! Hope all members of the commission are part and parcel of that decision o! Hope? Well, the press has been speculating...
Building our democracy and the so-called learning process, constantly mouthed by our leaders, surely has its limits. Aren't we taking this proverbial handshake beyond the elbows? Haba.
The beauty is that our courts are primed and proper these days, and the nation has absolute confidence in the unflagging integrity of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
Wait and see!
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