Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, urged the Supreme Court to ensure transparent ruling in the case of the 2023 presidential election before it.
This is as he also criticised President Bola Tinubu over his identity crisis and controversies, saying titles don’t honour men, but men bring honour to titles.
In a statement released on Tuesday by the Obi-Datti campaign Media Office, Obi said that lofty titles that decorate people in power have little meaning if there is a “hollowness and falsehood” underneath them.
He added that titles such as “president”, “governor” etc, which decorate those in public office, mean nothing if they are not original and if those who bear them have no honour to support the weight of the titles they carry.
“There is this saying that ‘It is not titles that honour men, but men honour titles’.
“The lofty titles that decorate people in power have little meaning if there is a hollowness and falsehood underneath them. Titles such as “president”, “governor” etc, which decorate those in public office, mean nothing if they are not original and are fake if those who bear them have no honour to support the weight of the titles they carry.
“In situations where there is public doubt as to the veracity and authenticity of these titles and the claims behind them, it is the role of the judiciary, when called upon, to uphold the honour of the titles through transparent rulings,” he said.
Obi further said that the judiciary had a bounding duty to protect the value system of society in such situations and that this is one of the obligations of an impartial judiciary in a democracy.
He said that the rule of law remains the lifeblood of democracy in all societies and by whatever definition across time and that it remains the foundation for all our basic rights as humans.
Obi added that it is the rule of law that binds society together and that the expectation by the high and the low alike that their rights will be protected and respected by fair judges in transparent courts is what keeps citizens’ loyalty and belief in democracy.
“The rule of law remains the lifeblood of democracy in all societies and by whatever definition across time. It remains the foundation for all our basic rights as humans.
“It is the rule of law that binds society together. The expectation by the high and the low alike that their rights will be protected and respected by fair judges in transparent courts is what keeps citizens’ loyalty and belief in democracy.
“People, irrespective of their station in life, approach the courts whenever they feel their rights are assailed in the expectation that fair courts will serve them justice according to law,” he noted.
