A Public Policy Analyst and Development Expert, Abba Kakah, has decried that Nigerian democracy is being played by the courts of law.
Fielding questions in an interview on ‘Prime Time’, a programme on Arise Television on Friday, Kakah said Nigerian politicians are not sincere and do not play by the rules.
He referenced the Nigerian second Republic politicians who stood for democracy and were patriotic.
The analyst equally bemoaned that the contemporary crop of politicians are greedy, selfish, and in most cases, criminal minded.
“Nigerian democracy today is being played by the various courts of law in the land. What we have today is a politicized judiciary, because in most cases in democracy, the judicial role is supposed to be minimal.
“And in the case of Nigeria, we have grown or graduated to a point where actually the courts are the ones deciding, not the Nigerian public, not the voters.
“Because the politicians themselves are not sincere. They are not honest. They don’t play by the rules. That’s the reason it’s happening,” he said.