He mentioned laws such as, the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended; the Electoral Act 2022; the political party constitutions and observance of the supremacy of political party.
At the lecture, which attracted Imo State Commissioner for Labour and Productivity, Ford Ozumba, among other politicians and civil populace, the former Commissioner for Information Youth and Sports as well as; Lands Survey and Urban Planning, commended Ekenulo for leading the non governmental body, which peacefully assessed and singled some candidates such as, the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi; Senator Osita Izunaso ; Chikwem Onuoha among other 30 candidates from various...
According to him, candidates and electorate should be knowledgeable on the pre and post elections legal procedures, stressing that in a legal tussle, there must be a winner and a loser, advising that the loser should learn to accept defeat. He said: “If you lose, please congratulate the winner. Please feel free to congratulate your opponent. Let is be less acrimonious. A judgment is different from Justice. A court can give a judgment, but not justice…There is a difference between judgment and justice. A judge is entitled to make a mistake, but what the judge is not entitled to is to bend the law. You must obey the judgment of the court.
Utterances of one of their colleagues in government calls into questions the modalities leading to their upgrading to SAN. as if his advice if anyone is aggrieved go to the court smacks of impunity as well as of providing works for the boys.
Our legal luminaries should selflessly seeks to challenge and perfect our democracy like the likes of Chief Gani Fawehinmi ,instead of waiting for electoral legal opportunities for a few dollars more.Contrary
This advice by a legal mind is not timely after INECS failure in the most important of elections .Our legal minds by now should be brazing themselves up for legal challenges to perfect our constitution to enhance a better elections in the future for free .