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Jul 28, 2020 • 9 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
The 1st time I met Mr J. B. Dauda, SAN former President of the NBA was at the SBL Conf 2014. On that occasion he made a statement that shocked. He said rather than ask for better salaries, young lawyers should be the ones paying their firms since they are learning from the firms.
My good friend, Nwagu Amudi is my witness. The SBL Vice Chairman then, Mr Asue Ighodalo had to pick the mic to openly break with Mr Daudu, SAN. Nwagu and I (only) gave the former a standing ovation. Of course you don't blame other young lawyers. The Bosses were also in the room.
Read this statement by Mr J. B. Dauda SAN and ask yourself why he has such disdain for young lawyers. Note that his statement is coming after the infamous letter from his brother silk, Asiwaju Awomolo, SAN. Despite that letter, he still penned this:
newswirelawandevents.com/why-nba-needs-…
"Since 2018, the dynamics of the NBA elections was altered from a delegate based one to universal suffrage-meaning all eligible members of the Bar can vote or be voted for as prescribed in the NBA Constitution. That is where the conundrum arises. " J. B. Dauda SAN
He continued "In the past 8 years or thereabout, the Body of Benchers has been calling to the Nigerian Bar an average of 5000 lawyers per year. This means that there is now a minimum of about 50, 000 new entrants into the profession since 2010."

What is wrong with this please?
This is what he said next
"The effect of this arrangement is that it has made the legal profession have a majority of lawyers below the age of 10 years post-call experience."

We've been saying it since that some senior lawyers were hurt by the universal suffrage. This is proof.
This is most laughable portion

"The danger is that a large population of current juniors are disdainful of silks and other senior members of the Bar. The mistaken complaint being that this class usually ‘chops alone’."

😂😂😂😂😂😂 The nerve of the learned Silk!
Apologies all. It is J. B. Daudu SAN. Blame the wine.
The learned Silk has declared his support for his preferred candidate, as he is perfectly entitled to do. But in arriving at that, he refuted the senseless Silk v Non-Silk dichotomy but introduced a Senior Lawyer v Young Lawyer dichotomy. Dear Young Lawyer na your hand e dey now.

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In recent times, I have been seeing tweets asking what became of the criminal trial involving Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, former Governor of Abia State, Senator representing Abia North Senatorial Zone and the Senate Chief Whip. Those tweets also piqued my interest and got me digging.
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1. For decades, something critical has been missing in the justice delivery system in Nigeria - the lack of clarity regarding the jurisprudential or ideological leanings of our Justices, especially the Law Lords at the Supreme Court. In a way this shouldn't have been a surprise.
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I will start this thread with a quote from a tweet by @OmoGbajaBiamila earlier today, “[d]emocracy guarantees your right to freedom of choice. However, that choice of yours is up for debate, questioning and critique by others, and that's another right guaranteed by democracy.”
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Sometime in 2009 while serving as a Judge of the SUG High Court of Abia State University, Uturu I was appointed into a judicial panel of inquiry headed by my learned brother as he then was, Hon. Justice Ifeanyi Idika to investigate an act of alleged sabotage by Motorcycle Riders.
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