Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has urged lawyers to desist from securing court orders that protect the elite, especially those accused of corruption. Falana disclosed this in an article titled “Courts lack power to stop arrest, investigation and prosecution of criminal suspects” obtained by SaharaReporters on Tuesday. According to him, citizens who are accused of crimes are locked up while the rich criminal suspects are usually invited by the anti-graft agencies to react to allegations of corruption and other economic crimes leveled against them.
It is common knowledge that the police invade the homes of the poor to arrest them and take them to police stations where they are detained and charged with all manners of criminal offences in Nigerian courts. Usually, they are denied bail and locked up in correctional centres for years without trial. Even when they are granted bail they are unable to meet the onerous conditions attached to it as the sureties are required to be property owners.
One of the major causes of political apathy in Nigeria is the fear of the electorates that their votes do not or will not count and this apprehension is relatable to the fact that most elections in Nigeria are usually characterized by over-voting, ballot stuffing, under-aged voting, ballot snatching and several shades of violence. These features have often tainted the integrity of the electoral body being the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
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