According to renowned constitutional attorney Itse Sagay, allegations of judicial corruption and instances in which courts within the same jurisdiction render conflicting decisions are concerning.
According to Anaedoonline.ng, Sagay revealed this in an interview with The Sun.
The law expert claimed that judges lack discipline and emphasised that there should never be a justification for a judge to render a different decision from one that is in conformity with the ruling of a court of equal standing.
In order to prevent opponents from buying off the judges, he urged the President of the Court of Appeal to insist that all cases be filed in the location where the incident took place.
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He said, “That is indiscipline among the judges. If a court has already decided a case and that court is of the same rank, there should be no reason for the judge to give another judgment contrary to it. The case should go up to a higher court. How can you have a case in Owerri and then you go to Kano to file at a Federal High Court in Kano and Law law says all Federal High Courts are equal. That should not be allowed. For that, I blame the President of Court of Appeal, because if she had put her foot down that all matters should be dispensed in places where the event occurred, it will stop.
“You have an election matter in Port Harcourt, you rush to Kano to go and file another case and the Kano court seeing such oddity will still accept to allow the case to go on. This is indiscipline among the judiciary and it shouldn’t be allowed. I think the President of the court should insist that all cases be filed in the area where the event occurred. She should issue a directive that all cases must be tried in the jurisdiction within which it occurred and not taken outside such jurisdiction. Things like this are leading to corruption where you go and buy the judge far away, and your opponent will go to another place to look for another judge to buy. It must not be allowed to continue.”
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