President Barrow of Gambia has slightly ‘edited’ his predecessor’s
naming of their country. That was where former AGF Adoke wanted Justice Mariam
Aloma Mukhtar to be sent as the Chief Justice of the Islamic Republic of Gambia
(as it then) was under President Jammeh but she politely turned it down. After her
Lordship’s appointment as CJN, watch to see AGF Adoke’s hypocrisy by showing 2-Face get what am saying …. the first female CJN suddenly
became heroinized by the very public officer who loathed the appointment and I
who led the struggle became one of Adoke's adversaries obviously for speaking up and speaking out against AGF's interest – prize we pay for public interest advocacy.
CA
SUNDAY 29 JANUARY 2017
TO Chief Olanipekun SAN
If one is green in the art of public interest advocacy campaigns you
should have been humble to learn from one of your junior colleagues Ajie; how we defeated plots to sideline the appointment of the
first female Chief Justice of Nigeria Hon. Justice Mariam Aloma Mukhtar, FoC. The powers that be at the time when all the
tricks in the books failed cos I was marking them with the energy of our
intellect. I have in a glass frame the letter of appreciation Justice Mukhtar
wrote to me as CJN signed herself 2012.
Mariam Mukhtar's situation was even worse a) a women b)she had no
club or friends or group interest to speak out! c) she had no money especially AGF Adoke SAN who was plotting to
not let her be. d) Justice Dahiru whom she succeeded was actually subtly working against Mukhtar’s emergence unlike the
immediate past CJN Mahmud GCON who fully backed
Justice Onnoghen. So the odds were stacked up against Mariam Mukhtar and
I took up the gauntlet with pen and
paper and the press nil funds. See you have just woken up in the 7th
hour?
Jan almost gone. We
effectively have seven (7) working days to Feb 10th to the three months period after Hon. Justice
Onnoghen was appointed as acting Chief Justice of Nigeria. Seven days before
you commenced your public interest advocacy campaign. Rule 1; in the case of
Mariam Aloma Mukhtar I started seven (7) MONTHS before the end of tenure of
her Lordship’s predecessor.
You recall Governors tenure elongation public interest campaign I pioneered
2008-2012 when the Supreme Court vindicated me and you and a few Senior Advocates of
Naira took huge fees. I was working to
promote our democracy FoC and you actually got President Jonathan to give you a
national honours award that I earned. Now you see how smart to have waited for
only 7 workings days in a situation where President Buhari is right now in UK until
Feb 6th 2017.
CA
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