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Speaking further, the ex-justice minister said the courts are burdened with electoral cases because Nigeria’s elections come under “justifiable suspicions”.
“So, the problem is not with the laws but with “good people to enforce them.
Those who suspect the elections are justified but if we reach a point where the elections are not opened to the kind of criticisms and suspicions that they have been suspected, then they can free up the courts.
You must be able to say, ‘I am a governor by the grace of God’, ‘I am a senator by the grace of God’.
“The problem of the judiciary arises from the fact that the judges are overworked.
The problem is this: On the judges’ lists, there may be 30, or 40 cases a day.
He asserted that those who nurse suspicion against elections in Nigeria have justifiable grounds to seek redress in court.
He said, “We keep talking of reforming the judiciary..
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