Human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana, SAN said that it is not ideal for the judiciary to decide winners of elections.According to him, determining winners of elections is an exclusive reserve of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
“And what I mean is that even with the judgment, it is very clear that Nigeria has a long way to go in terms of ensuring that credible elections are conducted, elections that will be devoid of acrimony, elections that all of us will be proud of, but we are still a long way from there even with the judgment.
“Judges are not suited to determine the winners of election; that is a job that is the exclusive reserve of INEC if things are done properly and that is why we must put an end to the shame that has become our law in terms of conducting elections,” he said. The activist said it doesn’t take much to conduct a good election if the political class are honest to conduct transparent elections.