Barely one week to the hearing of the 2023 presidential election petitions, former military Head of State Yakubu Gowon, has urged politicians with cases before the tribunal to accept the outcomes in good faith.
Gowon, who insisted that it was only an independent Judiciary that could protect the nation’s democracy, advised that the Judiciary must be allowed to work without external interference.
Gowon spoke at the 15th edition of Punuka annual lecture in Abuja, in honour of the late Justice Chike Idigbe, a former Justice of the Supreme Court, who died in 1983.
The event had as its theme: The life and legacy of Honourable Justice Idigbe: 100 years of a gold standard for judges in Nigeria.”
Also, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, enjoined Nigerians, especially politicians, to set aside their differences on the just-concluded general election and chart a way forward for nation-building.
The ex-Governor of Lagos State cautioned against unnecessary criticism of the nation’s courts, noting that they can only dispense justice according to the law.
He advised litigants and lawyers to always ensure that they present their cases and evidence in the required format to enable the courts to do justice as required by the law.
