Now that the Supreme Court halted the Commissioners of the National Election Commission (NEC) from being incarcerated, I am inclined to provide a legal opinion. Some believe that the Supreme Court has threaded beyond its scope of operation. The Supreme Court has legal grounds to prevent NEC’s bosses from going to jail, as in the instant case. In this commentary, I have deliberately chosen to avoid touching on the Petition’s allegation or truthfulness of incarceration since it is pending before the Supreme Court for determination. By tying its contempt power around interpreting a constitutional provision, the Senate made its action vulnerable to the Supreme Court’s intervention.

Source: Front Page Africa March 05, 2021 02:26 UTC