Former President Goodluck Jonathan said politicians seek court intervention after elections because they believe the election process is unfair.

He mentioned that politicians take their grievances to court with the hope of being declared winners in elections they allegedly lost.

During the inauguration of a new state high court complex in Asaba on Tuesday, June 4, Jonathan said that politicians would avoid court if they were confident that the judiciary remains impartial.

He said;

My thinking is that 50 percent of those who go to court go to court because they felt they were cheated by the electoral management system; they were rigged out.

“When you feel naturally aggrieved, you have to go to court. So assuming the elections are properly conducted, they know they failed the election, but they feel they can use the judiciary to declare them winners.

“If the judiciary doesn’t declare who doesn’t win the election that they are winners, that many 50 percent will not go to court. In South Africa, the electoral management body will never compromise, they all know. If you lose the election, you just wait for the next election. You don’t need to go to court.

“Because if you go to court, the judiciary too will not compromise. So you will not get anything.”