Ogunleye v. Aina [2011] 3 NWLR (Pt. 1235) 479 at 580, para E, per Agube, JCA:
“…Under normal circumstances by virtue of sections 6 and 287 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, no authority, be it executive or legislative can review the judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.”
Notes:
The adjudicatory powers of the courts are constitutionally preserved. In a country where we have power brokers who constitute themselves as courts or even final courts, there is need to resound this point. No one, not even the President (or Governor) in all his constitutional garment of power and authority can review the Judgment of a Court expressly or by deed. Any such development would mean unduly undermining the powers of the Judicial arm of Government and that will certainly set the pace for nothing but anarchy. The process of review is provided for within the judicial hierarchy of courts.
