Conflicting Verdicts of Courts of Coordinate Jurisdiction in Election and Political Matters: Credence to the Relevance of Legal Realism in Contemporary Nigeria
Abstract Besides the large number of political cases and election petitions on Nigerian courts’ dockets, the judicial system is overflowing with conflicting judgments from courts of co-ordinate jurisdiction on the same or related facts, embarrassing the Bar and Bench and undermining the rule of law. This undermines public trust in the judiciary and causes legal […]