Ashiru’s Petition: Dead On Arrival, By Ibraheem Musa

Poet, playwright and essayist, Professor Wole Soyinka’s literary works defy easy comprehension. Truly, his turgid texts and serpentine cadences, task many a reader. However, in real terms, legalese takes the cake of obscurantist lingo and not Kongi’s literary harvests.

At last, the Election Petition Tribunal, after months of sitting, delivered judgement last Thursday in Kaduna. The verdict, in terms of clarity, has been generating more heat than light. In fact, both laymen and the learned have been giving diverse, conflicting and somewhat confusing interpretations of the verdict. The media, like echo chambers, have added to the general din.