My Lord the Hon Chief
Justice of Nigeria
I think you were under
pressure to include the names of the NBA past Presidents bearing in mind your
nomination as CJN by Mr President was delayed and some of these names
especially Olanipekun was in the media advocating for your nomination. He was
not the only one Ebun Adegboruwa even filed a lawsuit compelling Mr President
to nominate you cos your record towered high and was the most senior.
One of the glorious things
you did as CJN was that directive to courts to allow female Lawyers’ suffix “Esq”.
I never been more proud that in Nigeria and USA and other jurisdictions a
female Attorney would sign her name as Stella Ugboma Esq (Mrs) you gave the women the choice to add other
prefixes and suffixes if they so desired. Yesterday I wrote to a High Court
Judge in a case am handling plaintiff is a female UNN Grad. The Bank’s lawyer filed a preliminary
objection (PO) to remove the Bank’s name
from the lawsuit. Learned counsel did not serve his process after 2 adjournments.
I protested, I signed C N AJIE Esq. If I wanted to I could
sign C. N Ajie Esq (Ms) and so on your
Lordship’s directive would permit one so that we are not judged by gender.
Your Lordship is
incorruptible. Please do not let Chief Wole Olanipekun SAN and others trick you
with the tale that they advocated for your CJN-ship elevation and deserve some
compensation. In 2012 there were a few voices advocating for Justice Mukhtar’s
appointment as the first female CJN. We
succeeded. The only reward we got was a “Thank you” letter signed under her
hand as CJN. Nothing more or less.
Please write NBA past
Presidents a nice thank you note and remove their names from the NJC Committee
to sanctify it.
Kick them out now!
Respectfully
CN Ajie Esq.
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