{"id":200443,"date":"2022-07-01T08:55:39","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T07:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=200443"},"modified":"2022-07-01T09:04:03","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T08:04:03","slug":"courts-are-imposing-politicians-on-nigerians-falana-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/07\/01\/courts-are-imposing-politicians-on-nigerians-falana-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Courts are imposing politicians on Nigerians \u2013 Falana claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), on Thursday warned the courts to \u201cstop imposing politicians on Nigerians\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/26\/why-you-should-sack-emefiele-as-cbn-governor-now-falana-tells-buhari\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Falana<\/a>, \u201cthe involvement of the courts in the electoral process has not been favourable to the country\u2019s democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He made the call while speaking on \u201cThe Role of the Courts in the Electoral Process and the Time Bomb of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It was delivered at the Law Week of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ondo Branch.<\/p>\n<p>According to Falana, the courts are involved in appointment of party officers and fixing of national conventions of political parties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe courts have been involved in the appointment of party officers and the endorsement of candidates sponsored by political parties to contest elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven the meetings of the organs and national conventions of political parties are fixed by the courts. 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