Mike Ozekhome (SAN), one of the
counsel to Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic
Party in the 2019 election, has said he believes the short ruling of the
Supreme Court dismissing his client’s appeal without reason was to douse
tension gripping the nation.
Recall that a seven-member panel
of Supreme Court Justices unanimously gave the decision but announced that the
reason for the dismissal would be announced later.
Speaking to reporters after the
apex court’s judgement, Ozekhome said: “I think the strategy for the short
judgement without reasons is to prevent unnecessary tension gripping the
country once more like during elections.
“At least today, the baby has
been delivered, not aborted even if the baby is malformed.
“It is not the issue but the
thing is the baby has been delivered but what manner of baby it is, what
ingredients make up the being of the baby, we do not know yet?
“Those are the reasons the apex
court said they will tell Nigerians and the world for dismissing this appeal as
lacking in merit, we cannot say more than this because we have not heard the
reasons.
“As far as the Justices are
concerned, they have done the best they could under the strangulating regime of
electoral jurisprudence.
“With the Supreme Court saying
that the timeline provided in the Constitution is like the rock of Gibraltar,
that cannot be moved, so you are being beaten, your hands are tied to the back
and you are not even allowed to cry.
“Something drastic has to be done
about our electoral laws and the electoral jurisprudence, so as to cleanse the
stable and make people believe that when they vote, their votes would not only
be counted but that such votes must also count.”
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