Welcome to my blog and another wonderful edition of the Hive Learners' featured post. I have been away for quite some time now; exam stress was much on me, and adding writing on hives to it means suicide. Thank God we are done, and I am glad I will be able to write again. I hope you are doing well.
For real, the system is messed up, and this has greatly contributed to the reason why many people don't see the judges as upright people anymore. Many judges take bribes, and after taking these bribes, they put the innocent behind bars while those that commit atrocities continue to roam the streets.
Many innocent people were charged in court, but they believed that the court would prove their innocence, only to be disappointed along the way. Not everyone we see behind bars today really committed what they were accused of; some are paying for crimes they did not commit.
The word "court" most times sounds like a terrible word to me; it is no longer a place where justice is served. The court is now a room where some persons are bigger than the law, a room where partial judgment is the order of the day.
No doubt many people out there believe only criminals go to court; they see the court as a very bad place to be in; many see it as a danger zone. I was one of those people until we had a land dispute between my dad and one of his uncles who tried to claim the land his father (my grandfather) left behind.
We are not based in the village, and we only visit the village during holidays. Sometimes we might even stay a year or two without visiting the village. Some years back, my dad's uncle called seeking permission to farm on his land since he was not making use of it. My dad, who is a Mr. Nice Guy, gave him the go-ahead; my mom and older sister tried to convince him not to, but he wouldn't listen.
Two years later, he got a call that his uncle was no longer farming on the land, but instead was digging a foundation because he wanted to build on it. I was surprised when he told me we would be leaving for the village the next day. We arrived in the village, and for real, this man was really doing something else.
My dad immediately took the case to the elders, and I can't say if it was a conspiracy or what, but the elders were trying to judge in favor of his uncle, so he took it to court. I am just glad my dad had papers that proved that the land belongs to his dad, while his uncle only had witnesses who claimed that the land belongs to him but with no evidence.
That was my first time visiting a courtroom, and the case was judged in our favor. He was asked to keep off the land, and if seen anywhere near the land, he will be arrested.
