In an Unconfirmed report that has now gone viral on social media, Justice Boloukuoromo Moses Ugo  is said to have Resigned from the bench  Citing Demands to ‘Kneecap’ Democracy.

Justice Ugo was quoted to have said that siding with the government on this matter would be the ‘death of Nigeria’s democracy’, and that he could not in good conscience remain silent.

The stories of His resignation has sent shockwaves through the country raising serious questions about the state of Nigeria’s Independent institutions.

In Multiple reactions, many have sought the veracity of the stories, while others have knocked the Justice asking that he ought to have stayed back to stamp his own position rather than recuse himself from the bench at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.

You will recall that there are countless cases ongoing at the Presidential Election Petitions Court, challenging the emergence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the February 25, 2023 Presidential election.