A former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Kanu Agabi, has said that politicians who rigged elections have no moral justification to call on God for help when they run into roadblocks.
Agabi stated this during an appearance on Channels Television on Sunday.
He asserted that those who nurse suspicion against elections in Nigeria have justifiable grounds to seek redress in court.
Agabi noted that the problem with Nigeria is not the 1999 constitution but those who are enforcing the laws.
“So, the problem is not with the laws but with “good people to enforce them. We need to reform ourselves as a nation,” he said.
Speaking further, the ex-justice minister said the courts are burdened with electoral cases because Nigeria’s elections come under “justifiable suspicions”.
He said, “We keep talking of reforming the judiciary. We keep attacking the judges, we stigmatise them, we abuse them, we insult but the truth is this: we have very good judges.
“The judiciary is not perfect but it is the best arm of government. The problem is this: On the judges’ lists, there may be 30, or 40 cases a day. How can he cope? As long as they go on struggling with that system, they cannot cope.
“The problem of the judiciary arises from the fact that the judges are overworked.
“Take the elections for instance. Do you know how many percentages of elections are challenged? Why? Because the elections come under justifiable suspicions. Those who suspect the elections are justified but if we reach a point where the elections are not opened to the kind of criticisms and suspicions that they have been suspected, then they can free up the courts.
“Primaries are rigged at the party levels. Giving a spiritual dimension, when you have stolen the office that you are holding, do you expect God to partner with you? Can you pray over that office? Can you use it to do any good? That’s the problem.
“St Paul said I am an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the grace of God. Whatever office you hold, you must be able to say the same thing. You must be able to say, ‘I am a governor by the grace of God’, ‘I am a senator by the grace of God’. If you can’t say that, your prayer in calling upon the name of the Lord in that office is an abomination.”
