Nothing less than 500 court cases or processes ambushed the 2011 general elections! INEC chair had to cry out recently, that the commission was being distracted. It got so bad that courageous judges had to truncate several of those misadventures as abuse of the judicial process/system.
Okay, we have the right to go to court to fight for our rights. But many of these cases are really frivolous and some outrightly ridiculous. It strikes one as though some politicians would rather bring down the nation than lose their election bid! They fight their opponents, they fight their parties, they fight the umpire, they fight their own shadows and think little of patriotism! You just wonder.
After these elections, the Legal System(Bench and Bar plus AG) must work with parliament to tidy things up. It is just too depressing, the extant practice and the mindless abuse.
I rest my case.
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