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Bukky Shonibare
@BukkyShonibare
PhD Student (@UofT) • LLB • LLM • MSc (Oxford) • MSt Peace & Security • Ashoka Fellow • SRI Fellow • Ford Global Fellow • Mandela W. Fellow • ED @InvictusAfrica
Mar 22, 2023 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
This was July 8, 2022.

It was the day of my matriculation at the University of Oxford.

I’m sharing this for a purpose.

You see, beneath that white shirt and black skirt were 26 surgical pins used to stitch up my lower abdomen. Not forgetting the blood and liquid that oozed... Image ...onto the absorbent dressing pad taped to the surface of the long vertical incision. I had undergone surgery.

The day before, the night of July 7, I had just been discharged from the hospital following a myomectomy where 44 fibroids of multiple sizes were removed from my body. Image
Apr 30, 2022 • 25 tweets • 12 min read
OCHANYA: The Story, the Court, the Society!

1. In 2018, the death of 13-year-old Ochanya Elizabeth Ogbanje sparked street protests, online activism, and legal actions.

What happened? This thread will be in three parts: the story, the court, and the society.

#JusticeForOchanya THE STORY:

2. Ochanya was only 8 years old when she left her village in Ogene-Amejo for Ugbokolo township of Benue State to live with her maternal relatives – the Ogbuja’s – in order to attend school, as there was none in her village. Soon after, the...

#JusticeForOchanya
Apr 28, 2022 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
#JusticeForOchanya

1. Getting justice for victims and survivors of rape in Nigeria remain problematic. Even in the face of explicit, undeniable, and admissible evidence, issues bordering on "technicalities" are used as excuses to frustrate justice.

We must all be worried... Image 2)... about today's concurrent judgments at the Federal High Court (Makurdi) on the civil case of negligence brought against Mrs. Felicia Ogbuja, and that of the Benue State High Court on the criminal case of rape against Mr. Andrew Ogbuja and his...

#JusticeForOchanya
Apr 19, 2022 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
Can a legal case of negligence be brought against #ChrislandSchools?

Straight answer: YES!

1) Negligence occurs when a person - or an institution as is this case, fails to be careful, and that carelessness leads to damage. Oxford Dictionary defines negligence as “the failure... 2) ...to do or recognize something that a reasonable person would do or recognize.” Negligence is a civil wrong or tort and it is a ground for legal liability.

In the #ChrislandSchools incident, there is clearly an omission or failure to take necessary actions and exercise...
Apr 18, 2022 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
On whether the #ChrislandSchools incident is “Statutory Rape”…

1. "Statutory rape" comes to play if a person (presumably an adult) engages in nonforcible (or consensual) sexual activities with a minor. It is "statutory rape" because one of the parties has not attained the... 2) ...statutory age of consent. By Nigeria's Statutory Law, particularly section 31 of the Child Rights Act, 18 is the age of consent.

It should be noted Nigerian law does not explicitly define or provide for “statutory rape.” This means, statutory rape can only be deduced...
Oct 27, 2019 • 12 tweets • 6 min read
1. This graph is from my Baze University student portal. It shows my GPA per semester on a scale of 0 - 4. I did 8 semesters, having started from 200 level, as direct entry. But, beyond showing my grades, the graph depicts my bumpy ride to a 1st Class degree in Law.

Follow me... 2. At the time I started the Law program, I was going through the most difficult phase of my life. As you can see, I had the lowest GPA at that time. At some point, giving up became an option; perhaps, it'd satisfy those that labelled me an irresponsible career woman.
Jun 15, 2018 • 10 tweets • 7 min read
I was robbed last night

It was at the bridge above Berger roundabout in Abuja. I had parked to send a short message. A young boy passed, pushing a cart. He looked tired. I stopped him and gave him N1k. He thanked me and left.

@yinkanubi @ola2njee @omojuwa @PoliceNG @Mr_JAGs

/1 About 3 minutes after, just as I finished and about leaving the spot, a guy came wearing a black 'coat', and flung open the passenger side door. It was not locked as the central lock engine has been bad. In panic, I screamed, and tried to start the car. I was confused.

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Apr 30, 2018 • 25 tweets • 6 min read
From exam hall to police station!

A sex worker called police on my driver saying he looks like the man that robbed her at about 3am on 4th March. He's been locked up since Saturday night. The lady has refused to come to the station and stopped picking her calls. She claimed... ...the person used a knife to cut her while robbing her of her phone and bag. That she bit the person and also cut the person with the knife causing injury on him; and that was how she escaped. My driver's body has been checked, no scar of such. He's been weeping like a child.