Nigeria: The rise of judicial verdict without judgment, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

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In Nigeria, a concerning trend is emerging as litigants encounter judicial verdicts without formal judgments, particularly in cases tied to party political interests. This practice poses risks of injustice and exacerbates existing legal challenges.

Litigants in cases involving party political interests have for long been used to judgment without justice. The phenomenon of verdict without judgment is new, however, because the absence of judgment is itself injustice and the vacuum in time until it is produced can do damage, both foreseeable and unpredictable. The scary thing is that it’s […] The post Nigeria: The rise of judicial verdict without judgment, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.