From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse
The judicialization of Nigeria’s electoral system has been described as a serious threat to the future of the country.
This was contained in a statement signed by the executive director of Organization for Community Civic Engagement (OCCEN), comrade Abdulrazaq Alkali and made available to news men.
He explained that, the believe Nigerians have towards democratic process is eroding at very significant rate.
He said the situation forces a serious threat to the future of the country’s democracy.
“When citizens lost confidence in the democratic system with the believe that their votes doesn’t decide election outcomes but rather every election is decided by the judiciary means that election outcomes are judicialized”.
According to him, aftermath of the 2023 national election, just like the previous have left so much legal dispute in which about every contested position in the country including hundreds of state and federal house of assembly seats as well as senate, governorship and presidential elections are being contested at the tribunals, appeal court and supreme Court.
Comrade Alkali added that, it could be said that resolving election disputes can be controversial, complex and largely technical. “When citizens lost confidence in the democratic system with the believe that their votes doesn’t decide election outcomes but rather every election is decided by the judiciary means that election outcomes are judicialized”.
According to him, aftermath of the 2023 national election, just like the previous have left so much legal dispute in which about every contested position in the country including hundreds of state and federal house of assembly seats as well as senate, governorship and presidential elections are being contested at the tribunals, appeal court and supreme Court.
Comrade Alkali added that, it could be said that resolving election disputes can be controversial, complex and largely technical.
