Walter Onnoghen and an independent judiciary

Onnoghen

I sincerely hope now that the Chief Justice of the federation Justice Walter Onnoghen has been confirmed those who read an ethnic, north vs south agenda into everything Nigerian would cease arguing about who man's what positions and focus on the greater good: redeeming and reforming the judiciary.
Personally whether Onnoghen was confrimed or not really did not make any difference. The main issue is who will save the judiciary from itself? And the greater good? We need a good judiciary to have a great nation. The old worn out phrase of "the judiciary being the last hope of the common man" has outlived its usefulness and its real meaning. These days if you happen to be in court, you have the tendency to look at the judge and ask yourself whether he can bought, whether he does not have a price! All the Onnoghen's talk of "the judiciary must be able to bark and bite" is mere rhetoric. Onnoghen's colleagues have contradicted themselves in judgements and rulings, have been accused of taking bribes to influence cases, have hobnobbed with Senior Advocates of Nigeria who are arguing cases in their courts. Never before now has the judiciary fallen to shame so abysmally in the history of the nation Nigeria.
There have been sundry court rulings and orders that the executive have disobeyed: bail for Nnamdi Kanu and Sambo Dasuki are good examples. The executive, the judiciary claims, has failed to present a prima facie case against the accused. But the question on many right thinking Nigerians' minds is, can our judiciary be trusted? Those judges who have allegedly desecrated their courts with influenced rulings, where does the redemption begin? Those who have consistently adjourned cases on a continuous basis, of what assurance do we have that in such cases justice is not only being delayed but denied?
The legislative is the only institution that can give the judiciary its freedom. Certain mechanisms must be put in place that would enable the judiciary keep us from anarchy and impunity, but the legislative is afraid that giving the judiciary powers to free itself of executive influence will affect its own members. Several Senators have cases that bother on corruption in court. Senator Bukola Saraki is also a case in point. Why is it so difficult to either find him guilty or discharge and acquit him of all allegations? Walter Onnoghen would have to begin by clearing the judiciary of corrupt judges and corrupt practices. That could be a tall order for a man who is looking at retiring in the next three years.