Lets See Faces of the Judges

 As Nigerians react to the controversial judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on the April 21 presidential election, I wish to call on the Nigerian media to let us see the faces of the judges who gave the tribunal judgment.

 It was strange that as the Tribunal gave the judgment, the television stations did not show the faces of the judges who presided over the case.

 Curious, no reason has been given for this failure to let us see the faces of these judges. It was on the following day that newspapers gave a condition that their faces must not be shown while delivering the judgment.

 It is therefore suspicious that these judges themselves were eager to hide their faces from the public. Did this suggest that they knew a judgment that runs contrary to truth and their conscience?

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 One can recall that when the National Assembly under Senator Nnamani debated the Third Term ambition of President Obasanjo in 2006, it was broadcast on national television and each Senator bore the name of his father.

 Why were the judges who delivered this controversial judgment afraid to bear their fathers’ names? The only conclusion is that the judges were not convinced about the judgment they delivered.

 It is therefore a challenge to the Nigeria media to let us see the faces of these judges.

 Let us know them so that when we see them on the street we can show our appreciation or reservation. This is one way that our judges will stop delivering judgments that fly in the faces of facts and evidences before
them.



 Ismaila Aliyu,
 Konduga,
 Konduga Local Government,
 Borno State.