National Telescope national telescope newspaper
By Abel Ishola
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the just concluded election in Kogi State, Senator Dino Melaye, has said that the Nigeria Judiciary is no longer the hope of the common man but a department of the All Progressives Congress.
He stated that he has lost confidence in the legal processes of the country, hence he will not challenge the electoral victory of the APC at the state election petition tribunal.
He said, “Judiciary is no longer the last hope of the ordinary people, it is now a department under the All Progressives Congress. Why should any responsible person go to the tribunal when the APC has captured the judiciary?
“I have lost complete confidence in the judiciary. Regrettably, however, the judiciary itself has been on trial due to its tragic and glaring inability to inspire confidence and trust in its handling of electoral matters.
“No discerning observer, no matter how charitable, can avoid the conclusion that the Judiciary seems to have become a willing and potent tool in the hands of powerful forces that are bent on subverting democracy in Nigeria.”
Dino came a distant third in the November 11, election.
