NLC to create hall of shame for judges that c

Our reporter/ The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on judges to resist efforts to compromise them as they oversee election petition tribunals across the country.

Joe Ajaero, NLC president, who made the call in Abuja at a press conference organised by the Labour and Civil Society Movement Front, warned that organised labour and civil society movements will create a “hall of shame” for judges that compromise the process.

According to him, there are concerns that election tribunals are yet to commence sitting on petitions from aggrieved candidates who participated 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 further called on the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to speak out against the ills within the judiciary.

According to him, Nigerians want to know if the judiciary is still the last hope of the common man.