Odinkalu accused Justice Lifu of exhibiting “criminal dishonesty” and described his conduct as “extraordinarily pathological.”
A former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Prof Chidi Odinkalu, has berated Justice Peter Lifu over his controversial judgment in which the judge ordered the de-registration of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and four other political parties.
Odinkalu accused Justice Lifu of exhibiting “criminal dishonesty” and described his conduct as “extraordinarily pathological.”
In a post on his X (formerly Twitter) account on Saturday, June 20, Odinkalu criticised the reasoning contained in Justice Lifu’s judgment, alleging that the court ignored basic procedural principles and binding judicial orders.
According to Odinkalu, “Peter Lifu's judgment in this party de-registration case evinces a degree of criminal dishonesty that points to something extraordinarily pathological:
