Opinion: Why time has come for the judicial arm of government to rescue itself from itself and executive humiliation

By JS Okutepa (SAN)

Enough of judicial gentility. What on earth is the judiciary still doing and working when on daily basis either the entire judicial arm is being humiliated or members of the judiciary are being humiliated.
There are many orders of courts not being obeyed including the orders of the Supreme Court.
The NJC must wake up and call any judicial officer with familiar spirit of fraternity with executive branch to order.Judiciary as a masquerade must avoid dancing naked in the market places with Executive. Today judicial officers are not being taken serious because of too much familiarity with some members of political class. Daily wrongs in the hands of political class got no immediate remedies in courts. On daily basis you hear wrong doers directing the victims to go to court. Why because they know there are no immediate remedies in courts and even when eventually you get judgment there may be no justice in them.
That is why our judiciary is looked down upon by the power that be.
There are no consequences for disrespect shown to the bench.Why should the hallowed temple of justice be desecrated with such audacity of arrogance as exhibited today.
The legal profession must act fast and call it’s members involved to order. When guns are used to rig election it is the judiciary that the executive turns to to give stamp of legitimacy.
The judiciary will have itself to blame if they do nothing to extricate themselves from executive rascalities.The way we are going we may end up destroying the fabrics of justice completely if the judiciary does nothing.The argument that the judicial arm of government cannot go on strike does not appeal to me in the least.Which law says so. And in any case even if such law exists does it supersede the constitution that guarantees freedom of expression.
Going on strike in my estimation is part of freedom of expression.The executive cannot claim to know all. While I do not support anyone to breach the law of the land, it does no one any good to disobey and ignore court orders or desecrate the hallowed temple of justice no matter the feeling.
The international communities are watching us. Nobody wants to invest in lawless society or in a country that shows no respect to the rule of law and due process.Let the judiciary rescue itself from quagmire it currently faces by doing the needful. Time to do so is now.