Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has disclosed that the judiciary should not determine the winners of elections in Nigeria.
Falana stated this while commenting on the Supreme Court’s verdict, which affirmed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s election, during an interview.
You would recall that on Thursday, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and affirmed the ruling of the Presidential Elections Petitions Tribunal that upheld the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All-Progressives Congress in the February 25 election.
However, during the interview, Falana disclosed that the Supreme Court’s verdict is not a judicial endorsement of the presidential election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
He added that with the judgment, it is clear that Nigeria has a long way to go to ensure that credible elections are conducted, elections that will be devoid of acrimony, and elections that everyone will be proud of.
