The body of Catholic bishops of the Owerri ecclesiastical province has called on the judiciary to rise to the occasion and rescue the nation’s “ailing” democracy.
The clerics’ call forms part of the communique issued at the end of their two-day meeting at the Umuahia Diocesan secretariat and made available to newsmen on Wednesday.
They described the judiciary as the nation’s “hope at the moment.”
The six-point communique was jointly signed by the archbishop of the province, Most Rev. Lucius Ugorji, and the bishop of Aba, Most Rev. Augustine Echema, as chairman and secretary, respectively.
The clergymen decried the pitfalls that allegedly characterised the 2023 general elections.
According to them, the results of the polls could hardly be considered as reflecting the overall will of the people.
They blamed the Independent National Electoral Commission and some political actors for the alleged irregularities in the electoral process,…