The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has announced the establishment of a hall of shame for judges who compromise election petition tribunals.
During a press conference organized by the Labour and Civil Society Movement Front over the weekend in Abuja, NLC President Joe Ajaero made this known.
According to Ajaero, the organized labor and civil society groups will establish a “hall of shame” for judges who jeopardize the process.
He expressed concern that election tribunals have yet to begin hearing petitions from dissatisfied candidates who ran in the elections.
“We identify with all the views expressed here because we believe that the mission is geared towards rescuing Nigeria and rescuing the judiciary as the latter is clearly down,” Ajaero said.
“The judiciary has set many states and institutions on fire. The judiciary has set Imo state on fire and up till now, people are wondering how a person who was not a candidate of his party be declared the governor.
“The judiciary has so many questions to answer. If they fail to answer those questions within a short time, we will create a hall of shame for those judges that come up with some judgments and that could happen soon.”
The NLC president stated that the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) must speak out against the problems of the court.
He stated that Nigerians want to know if the judiciary is still the average man’s final chance.
