Legal luminary and former Director General of the Nigerian Law school, Prof. Ernest Ojukwu, SAN has urged the Supreme Court to treat the call for Review with the greatest contempt it deserve.
Prof Ojukwu was reacting to the current pressure on the Supreme court to Review recent judgments on political leaders.
The legal luminary noted that the cases sought to be reviewed concern corrupt political leaders and not on matters of human rights “It is not good especially because these cases simply relate to the average Nigerian leaders’ dishonest struggle for power just to corruptly seize our resources for their selfish use. If the cases were matters concerning human rights of citizens, socio-economic issues or death penalty one would have had sympathy. Unfortunately the cases that are being championed for review are those concerning political leaders who have brought our nation down on her knees by their very corrupt model of election and governance.
Prof Ojukwu further said “These cases rather than help with rebuilding confidence in our judiciary as being propagated by some lawyers actually have a direct opposite effect of rediculing the judiciary and justice process.
“I think that the Supreme Court of Nigeria will and should treat these cases with the greatest contempt they deserve” he said.
