Embattled Kebbi High Court Judge, Elizabeth Karatu Stopped From Delivering Judgment In Cases Before Her
The Oasis Reporters
July 7, 2019
The recently dismissed High Court Judge in Kebbi State, allegedly in a bid to prevent her, a woman and a Christian in a predominantly Muslim North western region of Nigeria from emerging as the substantive Chief Judge of the state , Justice Elizabeth Karatu has been physically prevented from entering a court room to deliver judgement on cases before her court on her last working day in the service.
This is evidenced in a video currently trending in the social media depicting how the beleaguered Kebbi High Court Judge Justice Elizabeth Karatu was physically prevented from entering a courtroom to give judgment in cases before her, by a civil defense personnel in spite of the spirited arguments of a policeman on the scene, possibly the orderly to the Judge.
The shocking incident comes a day after the Supreme Court in a surprising decision, invalidated an election tribunal’s verdict, in effect nullifying the entire democratic votes of Osun state gubernatorial elections, on the dubious argument that one judge was absent from the trial on just one of the days of the sitting.
It is believed that possibly to avert such a travesty and miscarriage of justice, Justice Elizabeth Karatu, who was recently denied confirmation as Chief Judge of Kebbi State, came to deliver all her remaining judgments before her retirement.
Sources spoken to indicate that in addition to discrimination on the basis of religion, there were efforts by powerful political forces to force her to pervert justice in cases.
“This latest development is the continuation of the rape and destruction of the judiciary under the Buhari administration. If the precedent created by the Supreme Court in the Osun case is followed, poor litigants whose cases have dragged on for years will lose their rights simply because the judge was denied the opportunity to read her judgment before her retirement, “ commented Barrister Emmanuel Ogebe of the US-Nigeria Law Group based in the USA.
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