JUDGMENT-HAS-SPOKEN:-ARROGANCE-CANNOT-REWRITE-THE-RECORD

JUDGMENT HAS SPOKEN: ARROGANCE CANNOT REWRITE THE RECORD


​Arrogance has no place in a moment like this. The record is clear and it is public. You went to court nine times. On each occasion, the courts listened, considered the arguments, and delivered their verdict. Nine cases, nine losses. That is not a matter of opinion; it is a matter of judicial record.

​Yet, in spite of this unmistakable outcome, some still carry on with the posture of triumph, speaking as though the courts affirmed their claims rather than dismissed them. It raises a troubling question: on what basis does such confidence rest? When a litigant exhausts the courts and loses at every turn, the honest response is reflection, not arrogance.

​The Strength of Law vs. The Volume of Entitlement

​The judiciary cannot be treated like a marketplace where one returns repeatedly hoping that the answer will change simply because one insists loudly enough. Courts decide on the strength of law and evidence, not on entitlement or volume.

​And if, after losing nine times, the new narrative is that the outcome was the product of poor representation, then that too is an extraordinary claim. Are we now to believe that lawyers appeared in court nine different times and were simply sleeping through proceedings? Such a suggestion would insult both the legal profession and the intelligence of the public.

​A Refusal to Accept Reality

​The truth is simpler and far less dramatic: the arguments presented were tested and they failed. Persisting in bluster after such a comprehensive judicial rebuke does not project strength; it reveals a refusal to accept reality.

​At moments like this, humility is not weakness—it is wisdom. The courts have spoken. The rest is noise.


​It is maturity that makes reconciliation a reasonable pathway. I doubt if you would have been reasonable had the cases gone your way. The earlier you all climb down from your high horse, the better. It is not as if you were not admonished before proceeding with your illegality.

​Otunba Segun Showunmi/PDP Leader

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