Far from being independent, Nigeria’s judiciary has historically operated “under three masters”: colonial rulers, military juntas, and political elites. Chidi Odinkalu unpacks how this legacy persists today, with judges acting as instruments of power rather than protectors of justice.
The-Selectorate-Cover-and-backThe Selectorate interrogates the institutional cultures that reinforce judicial subservience and challenges the legal profession’s complicity in maintaining the status quo. This is a book that dares to ask: If democracy depends on an independent judiciary, what happens when that judiciary serves interests other than the people’s?
