Oby Ezekwesili, a former Minister of Education has faulted the Supreme Court judgment that affirmed the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The apex court, on Thursday, dismissed the petitions filed by Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, for lack of merit.
The judgment, which threw away the petitioners appeal against an earlier judgment by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on September 6, 2023, was a unanimous one by the seven-man panel led by Justice John Okoro.
In a cryptic reaction however, Ezekwesili described the judiciary in her official X handle as the “true definition of a criminal gang.”
The former minister said Nigerians are helpless in the face of “judicial Enthronement of Criminality,” consoling Nigerians that falsehood does not last forever.
She stated: “Now we all know the true definition of a Criminal Enterprise Gang.
“Some would ask, “Where’s now the hope?” because, what else can Citizens who seek a Good Society now do in the light of judicial enthronement of Criminality as an official Norm?
“Well, take heart in this fact. History shows that every Criminal Enterprise carries the seed of its eventual deconstruction.
“All. The. Time.
“So, do not be deceived.
“Nature abhors dishonest gain and knows how to deal with it from the inside.”
Ezekwesili is not a lawyer.
