Juristocracy in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic: When courts decide elections

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Nigeria’s Fourth Republic has maintained regular elections since 1999, yet the decisive question of who holds political power has increasingly extended beyond the ballot box into the courtroom. Over time, this development has produced what can be described as juristocracy, which is a political condition in which judicial interpretation and intervention significantly determine electoral and The post Juristocracy in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic: When courts decide elections appeared first on Dateline Nigeria.