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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A constitutional lawyer, Daniel Bwala on Monday said that the authority of the Supreme Court as the final court in the land has been challenged by the Court of Appeal decision on Plateau State elections.<\/p>\n

Bwala stated this during an interview on Arise Television.<\/p>\n

While noting that the Court of Appeal decided to throw out pre-election matters in deference to the authority of the apex court in election petitions brought in Benue, Ebonyi and several other jurisdictions, he expressed wonder why the same court took jurisdiction of the issue in Plateau.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cThis case of Plateau State when it gets to the Supreme Court it would be the case of Supreme Court versus Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has more to do with the sanctity and integrity of that Supreme Court itself because the Supreme Court will have to determine whether that judgment they delivered in the Presidential Election Tribunal is to be carried out by subordinate courts in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey made it clear that a decision by a final court is called a settled law. Once a case is not determined by the final court it is not a settled law.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut once it is determined by a final court it is cast on stone. So, the Supreme Court will have to determine whether the Court of Appeal is above it or it is above the Court of Appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cThe confidence of the people is gradually waning considering the trust they have in the judiciary.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow can a court in Ebonyi, a court in Benue and in all other places obey the judgment of the Supreme Court but in Plateau State, the Court of Appeal disobeyed the judgment of the Supreme Court regarding matters of pre-election.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore the Supreme Court all characters of pre-election were brought, the ones that bothered on double nomination, certificate forgery and even on how somebody emerged in a primary and the Supreme Court maintained the same position and they spoke with vehemence.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, it will be interesting to see how the Supreme Court will speak with the same vehemence.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the days of Justice Tobi they never failed to chastise the court below them when the court below them disobeyed the judgment they passed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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