It’s not often that you meet Supreme Court justices, serving or retired. I first met retired Justice Sunday Akinola Akintan casually at a reception in Abuja, for my friend and radical lawyer, Yinka Olumide-Fusika, who had been admitted to the inner bar. Then, we met again about one year later, this time, through his book. Years after his retirement from …

Controversies dogged the proceedings and the eventual judgement passed by the Presidential Elections Petitions Court (PEPC) last Wednesday. The election court, which was empanelled to interrogate the results of the 25th February presidential poll, stoked misgivings beginning from the cobbling together of the body. The five-member team of judges are: Haruna Tsammani, Stephen Adah, Monsurat Bolaji-Yusuf, Moses Ugo and Abba …