Sagay Faults S'Court Judgments, Says Court Judgments Not Justifible

Posted by Thandiubani on Fri 05th Feb, 2016 - tori.ng

Eminent and renowned professor of law, Itse Sagay has queried the decision of the Supreme Court after it dismissed all cases challenging the election of some governors.

Prof. Itse Sagay

Prof. Itse Sagay on Thursday, queried the recent judgments of the Supreme Court, which dismissed all the cases challenging the polls of some governors, including those that had earlier been overturned by two lower courts, Punch reports.

Sagay was speaking after a seven-man bench led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, on Wednesday, affirmed the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission with respect to the Abia and Akwa Ibom states’ governorship polls.

According to the report, the eminent lawyer said the Supreme Court judgments were not justifiable.

He said, “It is not something I can just pounce on. But all the judgments have been the same. It’s very interesting. There used to be an ancient monarch, who punished every crime by death. He was called Draco. That is why when somebody does anything extreme he is called Draconian.

“If anybody steals one kobo, you kill him, if he kills someone you kill him, at the end, there is no distinction between offences.

“There should be distinctions. How can all the governorship cases go the same way? How is that possible? That is the question we are all awaiting when they will give the reasons for their judgments.

“I don’t know how to put it, but it’s very strange. We will wait for them to give their reasons and see how that magic occurred that every governorship election was valid and in line with the Electoral Act. It is very unprecedented. We will see when they give their full judgments, that is it for now.”