Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Vol 8 No 15 28th January 2008
SQUIB
The Editor,
Compliments of the season! It gladdens my heart to know that Squib is now on-line, keep the flag flying.
Editor’s Note: - Thank you. Please keep Squibbing.
CASE LAW
The Editor,
That judgment of Justice Adenike Coker in suit No LD/1164/2006 is very interesting. You should have published it, all at once, not instalmentally as you did. It pained me so much that I couldn’t get the judgment once.
Editor’s Note: - Sorry about that. But the judgment is too long to be published once.
SQUIB
The Editor,
Thanks for your stand on all issues. We are right behind you. Keep up the good fight and make the year hot for those who need the truth.
Editor’s Note: - Sure!
SQUIB
The Editor,
I wonder how you got my e-mail address. I went to ABU Zaria and then Nigerian Law School in 1985. I was called to the New York Bar in 1995, so I did not know how our paths could have crossed. I may have seen the face and the name is definitely familiar but it has been such a long time that I left Nigeria. I have not been to Nigeria for the past 15 years. I have my own practice in New York. I intend to come and visit Nigeria sometimes in 2008 I have looked at your profile and what you are about. I am impressed. Keep up the good work. Regards.
Editor’s Note: - Thank you. Wish you a happy visit home.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Vol 8 No 13 14th January 2008
SQUIB READER’S PAVILION
PHILADELPHIA 9
The Editor,
Thank you for your story on the ‘Philadelphia 9’ - (the Lagos State Magistrates who went off to a Conference in the U.S without the approval of the Chief Judge), but do you know there is partiality in the purported punishment meted out to those magistrates? For example Mrs. Omotosho was among the P9 but she was never mentioned or moved from her court because she is the daughter of Obaseki JSC who was one of the Panel Members trying the Chief Judge in Abuja.
Secondly, look at Mrs. Ladipo who was moved from Tapa to Court 2 Apapa, which is not only a higher court but also made her head over Mrs. Femi Segun because her father was in the same church society with the Chief Judge at Ebute-Ero.
Thirdly, Mrs. Ogala was moved from Ikeja to Lagos, maintaining the same position because her husband is now the Chairman of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on the Judiciary.
And, do you know how the Chief Judge got to know about the ‘temporary disappearance’ of the P9 to the U.S? It was Mr. Animashaun the magistrate at the Ministry of Lands who squealed on them.
Editor’s Note-: Wonderful!
FIRST GECKO
The Editor,
I was chatting with you one day when a friend saw us together. After you left, my friend asked me what I was doing with you.
When I said you were my friend she told me “stop deceiving yourself, that Squib man has no friend.” Then I said you were my brother. She greeted that with a look of disbelief but conceded that you may after all have a family.
Editor’s Note: - Who are my brothers and sisters? Geckos!
SQUIB
The Editor,
May God continue to be with you. It’s a very good job you are doing in the judiciary. You tell the truth irrespective of those who are not comfortable with the truth.
Editor’s Note:- Thank you.
JUDGES
The Editor,
My view on your story about the judge who anointed computers with oil is that it’s another proof that Judges are all too human like us, no matter our calling them ‘Lords’ and treating them like gods.
Editor’s Note: - Quite!
RE-ASSIGNMENT BLUES
The Editor,
Legal practice in Lagos State was terrible, the last four months of 2007. Many of us (practicing lawyers) suffered as our cases were trapped in the registry, as they were not re-assigned to new judges. I was one of those especially hit by the incompetence of the authorities in re-assigning cases promptly. What type of Chief Judge is the incumbent? And to think he was once an administrative judge before becoming a chief judge?
My brother, I won’t deceive you, I suffered. Clients dried up and I had to resort to showing the meeting agenda of the NBA Ikeja which listed the issue of the late or even non-reassignment of case files to clients to convince them it was a general problem and which the NBA was tackling.
Editor’s Note: - What a pity! Let’s hope for a better year!
CRUSADE
The Editor,
Your crusade for a better judiciary is a task for all of us. But I believe you are one of the few specially blessed to undertake such challenges, hence my salutation to you. May you go from strength to strength!
Editor’s Note: - Amen.
PHILADELPHIA 9
The Editor,
Thank you for your story on the ‘Philadelphia 9’ - (the Lagos State Magistrates who went off to a Conference in the U.S without the approval of the Chief Judge), but do you know there is partiality in the purported punishment meted out to those magistrates? For example Mrs. Omotosho was among the P9 but she was never mentioned or moved from her court because she is the daughter of Obaseki JSC who was one of the Panel Members trying the Chief Judge in Abuja.
Secondly, look at Mrs. Ladipo who was moved from Tapa to Court 2 Apapa, which is not only a higher court but also made her head over Mrs. Femi Segun because her father was in the same church society with the Chief Judge at Ebute-Ero.
Thirdly, Mrs. Ogala was moved from Ikeja to Lagos, maintaining the same position because her husband is now the Chairman of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on the Judiciary.
And, do you know how the Chief Judge got to know about the ‘temporary disappearance’ of the P9 to the U.S? It was Mr. Animashaun the magistrate at the Ministry of Lands who squealed on them.
Editor’s Note-: Wonderful!
FIRST GECKO
The Editor,
I was chatting with you one day when a friend saw us together. After you left, my friend asked me what I was doing with you.
When I said you were my friend she told me “stop deceiving yourself, that Squib man has no friend.” Then I said you were my brother. She greeted that with a look of disbelief but conceded that you may after all have a family.
Editor’s Note: - Who are my brothers and sisters? Geckos!
SQUIB
The Editor,
May God continue to be with you. It’s a very good job you are doing in the judiciary. You tell the truth irrespective of those who are not comfortable with the truth.
Editor’s Note:- Thank you.
JUDGES
The Editor,
My view on your story about the judge who anointed computers with oil is that it’s another proof that Judges are all too human like us, no matter our calling them ‘Lords’ and treating them like gods.
Editor’s Note: - Quite!
RE-ASSIGNMENT BLUES
The Editor,
Legal practice in Lagos State was terrible, the last four months of 2007. Many of us (practicing lawyers) suffered as our cases were trapped in the registry, as they were not re-assigned to new judges. I was one of those especially hit by the incompetence of the authorities in re-assigning cases promptly. What type of Chief Judge is the incumbent? And to think he was once an administrative judge before becoming a chief judge?
My brother, I won’t deceive you, I suffered. Clients dried up and I had to resort to showing the meeting agenda of the NBA Ikeja which listed the issue of the late or even non-reassignment of case files to clients to convince them it was a general problem and which the NBA was tackling.
Editor’s Note: - What a pity! Let’s hope for a better year!
CRUSADE
The Editor,
Your crusade for a better judiciary is a task for all of us. But I believe you are one of the few specially blessed to undertake such challenges, hence my salutation to you. May you go from strength to strength!
Editor’s Note: - Amen.
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