Will Sanusi get ‘justice’?

Hope of early return to office by the suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, was dashed on Wednesday when an Abuja Federal High Court refused an ex parte motion he filed, asking the court to declare illegal his suspension by President Goodluck Jonathan.

Comments:

Akin Akin: The reason why politicians act with impunity is because they know we have a very slow and ineffective judicial system. Apart from the fact that the defendants (Federal Government) will employ delay tactics in ensuring that the matter is not decided before the end of Sanusi’s normal tenure, they will also ensure that the matter is appealed up to the Supreme Court.

Clearly, I do not see how Sanusi can get the much-needed justice in this case. The court’s decision at the end of the day will turn out to be academic and will only have the effect of serving as a precedent. There is serious need for us to speak out against the problem of delay in our judicial system. A situation where cases take up to 10 or 15 years is bad for the polity.

The Rock By: The lawsuit is to set a precedent so that future presidents and future Central Bank governors will know their limitations. This lawsuit is actually a challenge of the constitution, depending on the definition of ‘suspension’ by the courts. If the courts found suspension to be equal to ‘removal’ in this instance, Jonathan stands a high chance of losing.

Ayodeji Otiti: Our courts cannot be perfect — no institution is, absolutely. However, they appear to have superlative proclivity for avoidable mistakes in the present dispensation when politics, fraudulent and mind-boggling manoeuvres, unnecessary and gratuitous considerations seem to be possessed of their thinking and products of justice they are churning out.

The common man has no hope for justice in a situation as unfortunate as we have it now.

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