2023: Appeal Court President Calls For Ballot Box Revolution

The President of  Customary Court of Appeal, Enugu State, Hon. Justice G.C. Nnamani, has advocated a revolution via the ballot box, in the forthcoming 2023 general election in the country.
Hon. Justice Nnamani made his feelings known over the weekend while speaking in Enugu during the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ezeagu Branch (Ezbar) law Dinner, 2022.
He decried the pains and agony faced by poor Nigerians as a result of “percieved anti-people programme and policies by the political leaders, which has almost grounded every sector of the  nation’s economy.
Nnamani, who chaired the colourful event, expressed regret that the country has gotten to a point “where the poor man can no longer sleep because of hunger and the rich man cannot also sleep because of fear that the poor man is awake”.
The legal luminary, however, stated that the time has come for Nigerians to get it right in the 2023 general polls, through the ballot box, adding that lawyers must also be ready to join hands with the citizens in changing the current narrative and staus quo.
“I’m preaching ballot box revolution in 2023″, he said, stressing that the role of lawyers in social revolution in any nation cannot be over-emphasized.
In his speech, Chairman of the Ezeagu Branch of NBA, Barr. Chijioke Darlington Ezeh, noted that  the Theme of this year’s Dinner: ‘Revolution: The Lawyers Approach’, “is very apt at a critical time like this when we are nearing the 2023 general elections in Nigeria”.
According to him, the topic was well chosen as a result of the usual challenges faced  by lawyers during and after electioneering.
“I believe that the standard to be maintained by lawyers should continuously be improved, in order to guarantee the survival and advancement of our polity, since every facet of our society look upon lawyers as pacesetters.
”Today’s lawyer must learn to approach and change his attitude towards a positive revolution in legal practice. As lawyers, we must embrace evolving technology and innovations in order to become Tech-savvy Attorneys in legal advice and election petitions”, he stated.
According to Ezeh, “amongst others, lawyers must think of Artificial Intelligence (AI), innovations, in order to play the expected roles capable of bringing about positive revolutions in matters of elections and election petitions”.
The chairman used the ceremony to highlight some of the feats recorded so far since he took over the mantle of leadership of the association in the area.
He  said that after about four months in office, his administration is gearing towards producing the first law Journal of the branch, as well as commence the building of a befitting Bar Centre for NBA Ezeagu Branch.

By: Canice Amadi, Enugu