By Abdulmumeen Zubair

The law has already been made, but the big question is, can the law adjudicate by itself when breached? The answer is not far-fetched. It is definitely a no. Hence, it is the duty of the victim of any breach to law to call for justice in such a time.

The essence of law in any democratic country is to enhance and uphold justice for an orderly co-existence among its citizens. And to ensure justice, many measures have been put in place. Some of these include the police force, court of law and other legal enforcement bodies.

Naturally, disagreement, misunderstanding, friction are unavoidable in a society with people of diverse origin and upbringing. Therefore, when a legal right of an individual is breached, such a person has the right to seek redress to demand for justice through the legal illustrated means. This will serve as awareness of existence of law to others and deterrent to whoever aims to infringe others’ right.

But in a situation where someone’s right is breached and the so-called person fails to seek redress, his action will not just be at his own detriment alone but to the entire community or the society.

Many shout of injustice, argue at every corner that government is partial, take to social media to talk about the wrongs of the government but little do they know that no court exists on X (formerly known as Twitter).

Government is a mechanism through which the will of the country is realized. It is then important for citizens of a country to play their role in achieving a just society. Meaning you cannot wish for safety and keep a glaring notorious killer at your vicinity. The little effort of feeding the necessary law enforcement agency with the needed information will go a long way.

People’s rights are being breached but because they are less privileged, they always choose to keep silent and move on, ignoring their bestowment with firm constitutional right to sue and seek for redress at the court of law.

The popular saying that, “what right does a poor man has?” is a completely wrong one. That whenever the poor’s right is being infringed, the poor should keep quiet, in order not to make the matter more complicated is a wrong ideology.

Government officials have the basic functions of promoting orderliness, settle dispute, protect lives and properties in the while the citizens are to ensure smooth running of the government by providing the accurate information so the proper actions could be taken.

To uphold justice, morality must not be confused with the surrender of fundamental rights. No individual should sacrifice their inalienable rights in order to conform to a distorted moral practice that ultimately harms them.

In Nigeria, practices such as bribery have become so widespread among commercial taxi, motorcycle, and tricycle operators that many regard it as an accepted norm, despite the fact that bribery is explicitly condemned by the law.

This normalization thrives not because of anything but silence. When victims of injustice remain quiet, their rights continue to be violated without justification.

Silence has nothing to render when it comes to infringement of right, except to tumble the orderliness of the society which in turn leads to building wrong background for the concept of justice. This creates ground for more atrocities and the ripple effect is injustice thriving in our society.

Upholding justice requires courage to speak out, defend one’s rights, and reject corrupt norms, for only then can society build a true understanding of fairness and accountability. Let justice be served, though the heavens fall.