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Foremost rights advocate and law teacher, Chidi Anselm Odinkalu has called on Nigerians to demand accountability for the malfeasance of the judiciary.
Speaking in a YouTube interview with Atlanta Discuss Channel hosted by Ade Balogun, Odinkalu said this demand for accountability should not be left in the hands of lawyers as they are self-interested in perpetuating their ascendancy.
Admonishing Nigerians to “stop extending honorific recognition and respect to people who have chosen to sacrifice it,” the Professor of Law remarked that when judges deviate from their constitutional duties, when they defile or defy their oath of office “they lose their right to our respect.”
The ex-Chair of the National Human Rights Commission added: “It’s difficult for me to address a man who collects bribe as my Lord…”
Watch the video interview below.
