A Nigerian governor has urged the country’s judiciary to stand up for victims of injustice boldly.
“When these victims run to your new judicial altars in tears, do not fail them, for when you do, the villain is emboldened, innocence is lost and the seeds of treachery spread,” Governor Alex Otti of Abia State told judges and the judiciary workers in the state when he inaugurated a newly constructed court building in Umuene, Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday, 29 October.
Mr Otti’s administration constructed the new court building and similar ones across the state as part of the reform of the state’s judiciary.
Mr Otti, who said that the judiciary exists as a bulwark against tyranny, called for a collective effort to reclaim the Nigerian society from those whose actions assault decency, create disincentives to hard work and corrupt the moral ethos of communities.
“You will find this class of people everywhere and amongst all demographics.
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