A critique of the role of the judiciary in deepening democracy and the Rule of Law in Nigeria adjudicating on political matters

P.E Idahosa esq. AbstractThe age-long principle of “separation of powers” allocates the governmental functions of law-making, enforcement/execution and interpretation respectively to the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary as organs of the state. This age-long doctrine as found in very many legal systems equally operates in Nigeria virtue of sections 4, 5 and 6 …