The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has stated that no amount of threat will make the judiciary succumb and overlook laid out laws to dwell on public sentiments.
He made this known while speaking at the opening of a two-day workshop for judges on the review of the 2023 election petition tribunals/court and appeals on Monday in Abuja.
According to him, “The kind of attention and emotions attached to political matters in Nigeria have collectively made our work more excruciating, painstaking and sometimes endangering as we are occasionally exposed to threats, especially from some elements within the political fold.
“But like I would always say, no amount of threat or intimidation should make a thoroughbred judicial officer deviate from the law and pander to public sentiments and emotions which are often misplaced”, he stated.
Ariwoola recounted the various challenges encountered during the 2023 election tribunal.
In his words, “No doubt, the adjudication on the 2023 election petitions came with varied challenges that have to be critically assessed and reviewed in order to forge a much better way forward.
“In those areas we have done well, we can literally eulogise ourselves and strive to improve on them.
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“As for those areas that our inadequacies are manifestly obvious, we have to properly address them and bring on board new methods and approaches that would whet our appetite for success”, he added.
He further admitted that the workshop provided an opportunity to review things that might have been done with the best of intention and professionalism.#CJN
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