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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has cautioned judges against being compromised as they oversee election petition tribunals.

Joe Ajaero, NLC president, spoke on Sunday in Abuja at a press conference organised by the Labour and Civil Society Movement Front.

Ajaero said the organised labour and civil society movements will create a “hall of shame” for judges that compromise the process.

He said there are concerns that election tribunals are yet to commence sitting on petitions from aggrieved candidates who participated in the elections.

“We identify with all the views expressed here because we believe that the mission is geared towards rescuing Nigeria and rescuing the judiciary as the latter is clearly down,” Ajaero said.

“The judiciary has set many states and institutions on fire. The judiciary has set Imo state on fire and up till now, people are wondering how a person who was not a candidate of his party be declared the governor.

“The judiciary has so many questions to answer. If they fail to answer those questions within a short time, we will create a hall of shame for those judges that come up with some judgments and that could happen soon.”

The NLC president said there is a need for the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to speak out against the ills within the judiciary.

He said Nigerians want to know if the judiciary is still the last hope of the common man.