Monday 26th August 2019
Mr Horacio Bernardes Neto
IBA President
Transmitted By Email
Dear Mr President,
We, RULES WATCH IN DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENDER
EMPOWERMENT NETWORK (RULES WATCH) with utmost respect Welcome you to Nigeria
for the 59th General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association
presently under the questionable leadership of Mr Paul Usoro a senior advocate
of Nigeria who was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
December 2018 on charges of money laundering and corruption. No little wonder
many lawyers shunned the conference. He won’t tell us the number of lawyers
registered and income netted in and expenditure. Usoro’s regime lacks
transparency. He has too many hidden charges, too many concealed profits.
Mr Usoro’s
election was in August 2018 and he was the NBA presidential candidate of RULES
WATCH Chair, Board of Trustees, the undersigned and many are aware that although I did not rig the NBA election,
Mr Usoro and some of his family members manipulated the figures to win the NBA
Presidential election in August 2018. Hence Mr Paul Usoro SAN was reported to
the Nigerian Crime authorities by the ICT Dept of one of the lead Presidential
candidates. https://lawnigeria.com/2018/08/how-nigerian-bar-association-2018-elections-was-rigged-by-arthur-obi-okafor-san/
The gentleman O. O. Oluwokore Esq who penned and signed
the petition to EFCC, mysteriously lost his life a couple of weeks after the
EFCC commenced investigations into his petition on electoral fraud. Till
present there is a pending law suit filed by Okafor against Usoro challenging
the manipulated figures.
By his own admission, Mr Paul Usoro bought gifts for
Judges against the admonition of the Justice Sector Reforms Group that Lawyers
it is unethical practice and that lawyers must stop giving bribes and buying
gifts for Judges particularly Judges before whom lawyers/firms conduct cases
being termed as bribery and corruption under the Code of Conduct for Judicial
Officers. The Usoros bribed a Judge of the National Industrial Court and also paid
money to a former Chief Justice of Nigeria for a family wedding and two of whom
have now been compulsorily retired, dismissed or forced to resign their
positions.
The question Lawyers are asking, what is Mr Usoro waiting
for before he resigns his position as NBA President?
Sir, the IBA Report on Bullying and Sexual Harassment
which you will launch at the NBA conference speaks to issues you have said are
unacceptable and thank you for focusing on Africa and looking forward to your
focusing on Mr Usoro and requesting he turns in his letter of resignation,
please.
Note that Mr Usoro’s conduct and tactics are unacceptable
by IBA standards. Whilst holding forth as NBA President, wrongly, did not constitute
the numerous committees of NBA. Is Mr Usoro waiting to see how many women would
accept his trafficking tactics before he would give the other women lawyers
opportunity to serve an otherwise noble, learned and honourable profession as
even my humble self deeply religious without fear, the Usoros told me to ‘see’ Mr Usoro ref
issues of nomination to serve the NBA and of course I bluntly refused the
overtures on religious grounds. He sent his lackeys to insult me for refusing
and without shame, rewarded them.
Yours respectfully,
Attorney Carol Ajie
Chair BoT, RULES WATCH
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