Declaring open the 2023/2024 Legal Year of the Supreme Court in Abuja, being his last as CJN, Ariwoola reminded the public that there must always be a winner and a loser after every legal firework.
He said Nigeria could not import foreign laws to try local cases, as some litigants “would erroneously and desperately want us to do in the quest to get victory”. It was an apparent reference to the last presidential election litigation, where the opposition parties used evidence from courts in the United States to challenge President Bola Tinubu’s qualification to vie for the presidency.
