http://nigerianbulletin.com/summary-plus-news/supreme-court-hears-omehias-suit-against-amaechi-today-the-guardian/03112009/11036/ What's new in Nigeria? Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:25:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://nigerianbulletin.com/summary-plus-news/supreme-court-hears-omehias-suit-against-amaechi-today-the-guardian/03112009/11036/comment-page-1/#comment-1280 Joseph St. Daniel ILuonakhamhe Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:44:29 +0000 http://nigerianbulletin.com/?p=11036#comment-1280 The Supreme Court stood the Nigerian Constitution and democracy on its head. It should be in a hurry to reverse itself. Nigeria cannot afford such judicial arrogance. If Omehia's substitution was improperly done and thus illegal, the fruit of a poisonous tree is never healthy. It is always poisonous. If PDP was arrogant, we do not need the Supreme Court to be more arrogant. The Supreme Court shouldn't even wait for Omehia to petition it for the reversal to occur. There are sufficient cases it should have used to restore democracy to the people of Rivers State in particular and by implication, to the Nigerian people. Anything short is dangerous to a young democracy such as Nigeria is trying to nurture. The longer the Supreme Court waits to right this wrong of the people, the more the ulcer festers. They should know better given the chequered history of Nigeria. The Supreme Court stood the Nigerian Constitution and democracy on its head. It should be in a hurry to reverse itself. Nigeria cannot afford such judicial arrogance. If Omehia's substitution was improperly done and thus illegal, the fruit of a poisonous tree is never healthy. It is always poisonous. If PDP was arrogant, we do not need the Supreme Court to be more arrogant. The Supreme Court shouldn't even wait for Omehia to petition it for the reversal to occur. There are sufficient cases it should have used to restore democracy to the people of Rivers State in particular and by implication, to the Nigerian people. Anything short is dangerous to a young democracy such as Nigeria is trying to nurture. The longer the Supreme Court waits to right this wrong of the people, the more the ulcer festers. They should know better given the chequered history of Nigeria.

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