Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that many politicians will not go to court if the judiciary has been fair and upright in tackling election disputes.
Jonathan made this statement on Tuesday in Asaba, Delta state at the inauguration of the state new High Court Complex.
“My thinking is that 50 percent of those who go to judiciary go to court because they felt they were cheated by the electoral management system; they were rigged out.
“When you feel naturally aggrieved, you have to go to the law. So assuming the elections are properly conducted, they know they failed the election, but they feel they can use the judiciary to declare them winners.
“If the judiciary doesn’t declare who doesn’t win the election that they are winners, that many 50 percent will not go to court.
“In South Africa, the electoral management body will never compromise, they all know. If you lose the election, you just wait for the next election. You don’t need to go to the judiciary.
“Because if you go to court, the judiciary too will not compromise. So you will not get anything,” he said.
The former president, however, applauded the government of Delta State for its efforts in enhancing the working environment of judicial officers.
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