The popular maxim “the mill of justice grinds slowly” seems to be made for Nigeria as the rate at which the rights of the citizenry are disregarded in the country is not in the interest of the downtrodden or those experiencing injustice in the society.
The rate at which it takes to dispense justice in our country has made it difficult for individuals to trust the justice system as a result, many individuals that have been cheated in the past chose to keep quiet and “leave it for God”.
Rape victims, robbery victims, abused individuals among others in need of Justice refused to approach the court all for the known long process.
Sometimes cases takes as much as 25 yrs to resolve here in Nigeria, while in other nations of the world, judgement in such cases will be dispensed in less than 10 months all covering the lowest to the highest court of the land but we are still struggling with that here in Nigeria.
Twelve years after the #Apo6 killings in Abuja, the victims are yet to get justice as an FCT high court granted the first judgement in the case instituted against the suspects. Now they need to cross the hurdles of the judgement being appealed in the Appeal and Supreme courts which may not be resolved in the next 20 years.
This same scenario is playing out in the ALUU4 killings, they are still waiting for Justice several years after the incidence, this same scenario played out in Osun state as an aftermath of the 2007 general elections in the state. The eventual winner Governor Rauf Aregbesola could not get justice until few months to the end of the tenure of the former Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola.
These are few examples of cases that have been delayed at Nigerian courts before eventual conclusions by the court, often the resolutions come when they are of no real use to the people in question.
It’s high time Nigeria’s mill of Justice stops grinding slowly but faster to fulfil its mandate of being the last hope of the common man.
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[The Injustice Blog] When will the mill of Justice stops grinding slowly?
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