Nigerians no longer have faith in Judiciary, says Bishop Kukah

Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah says Nigerians have lost faith in the judiciary, just as he also condemned the administration of former president Muhammadu Buhari for not able to tackle corruption.

Kukah, who stated this while delivering a keynote speech at the 60th call to bar anniversary celebration of legal icon, Aare Afe Babalola, in Ado Ekiti on Monday, described the judiciary as a victim just as the same way every other institution in Nigeria was suffering a crisis.

He said that Nigeria witnessed the worst phase of corruption during the last administration under Buhari.

“A lot of Nigerians have lost faith in the judiciary. Nigeria should not yet assume that it is a democracy but instead assume that it is matching towards democracy, which means rebuilding Nigeria after the kind of mess the last administration has left the country.

“We have seen the worst phase of corruption in Nigeria. Femi Falana, my friend here, will speak about that because he has published a series of articles talking about what happened under the Buhari administration.

“They were not the ones who caused corruption but I think in the last administration, we saw the ugliest phase of corruption whether in moral terms, financial terms and other terms,” Kukah said.