{"id":342535,"date":"2024-10-18T18:38:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T17:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=342535"},"modified":"2024-10-18T18:38:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T17:38:23","slug":"judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/10\/18\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\/","title":{"rendered":"Judiciary destroying Nigeria&#8217;s democracy \u2013 Ex president, Jonathan"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Jonathan also noted that the blizzard of litigations that characterized the aftermath of elections in Nigeria undermined the country&#8217;s democracy<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/10\/09\/my-success-in-politics-not-owed-to-goodluck-jonathan-wife-wike\/\">Goodluck Jonathan<\/a> has called out the judiciary over the handling of political and election cases by Justices and lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>He said some judgements by some courts in the country put the country&#8217;s democracy at great risk.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan expressed his concern when he spoke at the 67th birthday celebration of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Prof. Mike Ozekhome, in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>He called some judgements on election matters a \u201ccone being turned upside down\u201d, adding that he was sad at what the judiciary had become.<\/p>\n<p>Lamenting the desecration of the Nigeria\u2019s judiciary system, the former president said, \u201cThe way things are going in this country, especially listening to the judgments being given regarding political cases, we are beginning to see that democracy in Nigeria is like a cone that is being turned upside down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd if a cone is turned upside down it cannot be stable and at the slightest perturbation, it will fall. When I listened to some senior lawyers like Olisa Agbakoba making comments on some Supreme Court\u2019s judgments, I felt very sad that the country has got to that level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He noted that for democracy to endure in the country, people both at the Bar and the Bench should not be carried away by political influence.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan also noted that the blizzard of litigations that characterized the aftermath of elections in Nigeria undermined the country&#8217;s democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf our democracy will endure, people, both at the Bar and the Bench, should not be carried away by political influence. That is the only way we can stabilise the political process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know the lawyers enjoy it because after elections there is always an avalanche of litigation, because it is like Christmas for lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut in most other countries, people don\u2019t go to court, but in Nigeria, pre-election matters and post-election matters fill all the courts and it does not give a good sign for democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComparing Nigeria to other African countries and those outside Africa, because I have been able to get involved in their electoral processes, it worries me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan also noted that the blizzard of litigations that characterized the aftermath of elections in Nigeria undermined the country&#8217;s democracy. Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called out the judiciary over the handling of political and election cases by Justices and lawyers. He said some judgements by some courts in the country put the country&#8217;s democracy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":181816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"2","single_blog_custom":"211693","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"0","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"0","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"0","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":{"override_bookmark_button":"0","override_show_bookmark_button":"0"},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[976,832,4597,1152],"class_list":["post-342535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-election","tag-jonathan","tag-judiciary","tag-mike-ozekhome"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Judiciary destroying Nigeria&#039;s democracy \u2013 Ex president, Jonathan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/10\/18\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Judiciary destroying Nigeria&#039;s democracy \u2013 Ex president, Jonathan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jonathan also noted that the blizzard of litigations that characterized the aftermath of elections in Nigeria undermined the country&#039;s democracy. Former\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/10\/18\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-18T17:38:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/04\/kunlenet07\/2022\/04\/23\/Goodluck-Ebele-Jonathan.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"721\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Afolabi Hakim\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Afolabihakim\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Afolabi Hakim\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/18\\\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/18\\\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Afolabi Hakim\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/11c3572b598054b7529a9e48ca435c27\"},\"headline\":\"Judiciary destroying Nigeria&#8217;s democracy \u2013 Ex president, Jonathan\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-18T17:38:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/18\\\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":375,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/18\\\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/kunlenet07\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/23\\\/Goodluck-Ebele-Jonathan.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Election\",\"Jonathan\",\"Judiciary\",\"Mike Ozekhome\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/18\\\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/18\\\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/18\\\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\\\/\",\"name\":\"Judiciary destroying Nigeria's democracy \u2013 Ex president, Jonathan\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/18\\\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/18\\\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/kunlenet07\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/23\\\/Goodluck-Ebele-Jonathan.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-18T17:38:23+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/18\\\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/18\\\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/18\\\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/kunlenet07\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/23\\\/Goodluck-Ebele-Jonathan.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/kunlenet07\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/23\\\/Goodluck-Ebele-Jonathan.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":721,\"caption\":\"Goodluck Jonathan\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/18\\\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Judiciary destroying Nigeria&#8217;s democracy \u2013 Ex president, Jonathan\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"NEWS\",\"description\":\"Latest &amp; Trending Nigeria News, Entertainment, Sports\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/Logo-dark-bg.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/Logo-dark-bg.png\",\"width\":750,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/withinnigeria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/withinnigeria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/11c3572b598054b7529a9e48ca435c27\",\"name\":\"Afolabi Hakim\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d6cc8a27183da7a58906a5c50abff09673ac4c88f93d4406aed72817df5aa6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d6cc8a27183da7a58906a5c50abff09673ac4c88f93d4406aed72817df5aa6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d6cc8a27183da7a58906a5c50abff09673ac4c88f93d4406aed72817df5aa6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Afolabi Hakim\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/@Afolabihakim\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/afolabi\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Judiciary destroying Nigeria's democracy \u2013 Ex president, Jonathan","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/10\/18\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Judiciary destroying Nigeria's democracy \u2013 Ex president, Jonathan","og_description":"Jonathan also noted that the blizzard of litigations that characterized the aftermath of elections in Nigeria undermined the country's democracy. Former","og_url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/10\/18\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\/","og_site_name":"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","article_published_time":"2024-10-18T17:38:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":721,"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/04\/kunlenet07\/2022\/04\/23\/Goodluck-Ebele-Jonathan.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Afolabi Hakim","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Afolabihakim","twitter_site":"@withinnigeria","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Afolabi Hakim","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/10\/18\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/10\/18\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\/"},"author":{"name":"Afolabi Hakim","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/11c3572b598054b7529a9e48ca435c27"},"headline":"Judiciary destroying Nigeria&#8217;s democracy \u2013 Ex president, Jonathan","datePublished":"2024-10-18T17:38:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/10\/18\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\/"},"wordCount":375,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/10\/18\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/04\/kunlenet07\/2022\/04\/23\/Goodluck-Ebele-Jonathan.jpg","keywords":["Election","Jonathan","Judiciary","Mike Ozekhome"],"articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/10\/18\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/10\/18\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/10\/18\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\/","name":"Judiciary destroying Nigeria's democracy \u2013 Ex president, Jonathan","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/10\/18\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/10\/18\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/04\/kunlenet07\/2022\/04\/23\/Goodluck-Ebele-Jonathan.jpg","datePublished":"2024-10-18T17:38:23+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/10\/18\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/10\/18\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/10\/18\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/04\/kunlenet07\/2022\/04\/23\/Goodluck-Ebele-Jonathan.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/04\/kunlenet07\/2022\/04\/23\/Goodluck-Ebele-Jonathan.jpg","width":1280,"height":721,"caption":"Goodluck Jonathan"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/10\/18\/judiciary-destroying-nigerias-democracy-ex-president-jonathan\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Judiciary destroying Nigeria&#8217;s democracy \u2013 Ex president, Jonathan"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/","name":"NEWS","description":"Latest &amp; Trending Nigeria News, Entertainment, Sports","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization","name":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Logo-dark-bg.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Logo-dark-bg.png","width":750,"height":500,"caption":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/x.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/withinnigeria\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/withinnigeria\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/11c3572b598054b7529a9e48ca435c27","name":"Afolabi Hakim","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d6cc8a27183da7a58906a5c50abff09673ac4c88f93d4406aed72817df5aa6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d6cc8a27183da7a58906a5c50abff09673ac4c88f93d4406aed72817df5aa6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d6cc8a27183da7a58906a5c50abff09673ac4c88f93d4406aed72817df5aa6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Afolabi Hakim"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/@Afolabihakim"],"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/author\/afolabi\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}