THE LAW OF IMPEACHMENT AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES IN NIGERIA
Abstract
The law of impeachment is a constitution baized issue and the challenges ought to be constitutionalized on the merit not on ethnicity, religion sentiment and political settlement of gorgeous by the political the objective pursued and achieved whether impeachment has be used outside the contest of the constitution as the grand norm. This paper will help us to know what contest is law on impeachment is be used, and what way is law of impeachment has be used for this nascent democratic era accounting like our that does not have strong institution backing us the politician wrongly. Brazen the impeachment as apolitical act, as be used against those who they want in government but has made of it citizen.
The methodology to be used is primary sources of law and secondary sources of data in law. Which will help us to know the nature and strength of their analysis, this are mostly case law that taken against previous office holder in the North and South Nigeria. This paper is significance to the fact the Brown of politics who are change of the political maneuver has brags the constitution to their favour, than the common man, office holder supposed to save and protect.
The highlighter of the finding, is that S16 of Court of Appeal rule, then impeachment can be brought through and ouster changes to bring an impeachable offence to the court and the rule of law with ouster clause which the fourth realm of the estate should protect not to allow impeachment to be Brazer political Act.
In conclusion the law of impeachment and the constitution challenges in Nigeria has not that so bastardized to be used as which hurling tool, as be done by the democrat in USA which might spread over the world if allow to successes when a private person is now impeach and criticized the world impeachment at the constitution level, became politics, is not low, brazen the political Art of Impeachment will be wrong, we recommend a strong and stable fourth realm of the estate to act as pivot between the 3 arm of government, not to give meaning to world impeachment outside the constitution interpretation in the grand norm.
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