questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the level of the independence of the Nigerian judiciary; and whether judicial independence forms part of the Government’s criteria in assessing the credibility of Nigeria’s 2027 elections.
answerText: I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer provided on 10 March 2026 in response to Question 117243.
heading: Nigeria: Judiciary