There is a judicial mystic blowing through the political arena. Even with the jury out on whether our lawmakers have earned their much-coveted titles of distinguished and honourables, the judiciary is urging us to have a debate. In the intervening seven months since elections were held in Nigeria, election tribunal verdicts have created legal aftershocks in the National Assembly.

A recent Vanguard report says that 30 distinguished electoral thieves and honourable brigands have stained the hallowed red and green chambers of the National Assembly. Seven senators once thought to have earned…