Vol 8 No 16 4th February 2008

READERS’ PAVILION

THE SECRET IMPEDIMENT
The Editor,
When I read your Learned Squib article. “The Secret Impediment, I looked round the Bar Centre grounds for any sight of the “rubber” you complained about, but I did not see any. However with you now as my guide, I can see quite a lot and your article now makes sense to me. I agree the Bar Centre {Secretariat of NBA Ikeja} needs urgent cleansing.
Editor’s Note: - Quite!

THE SECRET IMPEDIMENT
The Editor,
We should not blame those who come in the evenings to make love at the Bar Centre. They obviously want to have babies who will grow up to be lawyers.
Editor’s Note: - Really?

SQUIB
The Editor,
This your edition on the Lagos State Police Commissioner is best sold at Police Stations and not in the court premises.
Editor’s Note: - Good idea!

SQUIB
The Editor,
But for the Case-Law Section, I wouldn’t have bought the Squib this week. I have no interest in reading the views of the man on your cover - the Police Commissioner.
Editor’s Note: - I see!

SQUIB
The Editor,
I want to express my heart-felt gratitude to you for your magazine’s immense contribution to the maintenance of sanity in the judiciary. The Squib is a big check on the abuse and misuse of powers in the profession.
Even your very presence makes people control themselves. When you enter the court, you may not know it, but the atmosphere changes. Also, the other day, you came in to see the DPP; I was there too with a few colleagues. You joined us in waiting but some other people were allowed immediate access to the D.P.P.

After a long while, you got fed up of the situation and walked off in annoyance. Immediately, the lady attending to us rushed in to see the DPP with the alarming news that the SQUIB man was here and had left in annoyance. The DPP asked the lady to quickly bring you back. May God continue to energise you.
Editor’s Note: - And everyone else