Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 General Election, Mr Peter Obi has suggested that incorruptible and independent judges are hard to find in the present day Nigeria.
Obi stated this during the Justice Anthony Aniagolu’s Memorial Lecture organised by the family and hosted by the Godfrey Okoye University (GOUNI), Enugu, on Tuesday.
According to him, the future of our society is compromised because independent of the judiciary has been destroyed.
“Our judiciary are weak and compromised by the executive and highest bidder,” Obi said.
He added that he was the highest beneficiary of Judiciary in the country when there were incorruptible judges.
Delivering a lecture on the topic “The Judiciary And The Future of Nigeria”, Obi said he won election in Anambra State and another candidate was declared winner and he approached the court for justice.
“I spent three years in court and it was given to me and after few months I was impeached but judiciary restored me to power. After one year in office, they conducted another election and elected another person.
“But I went to Supreme Court where judges with respect for rule of law reinstated me to complete my tenure.
“All these things happened because there were incorruptible and independent judges,” he said.
The former Anambra Governor, who noted that such jurists were hard to find in the present day Nigeria said, “Our judiciary are weak and compromised by the executive and highest bidder.”
“We need strong judiciary to fight criminality. Rule of law is the foundation in which any society survive and develop and the only thing that makes it sacrosanct is the independent of the judiciary.
“All these things happened because there were incorruptible and independent judges,” he said.
