9th June 2008

THE READERS’ PAVILION

SQUIB
The Editor,
You are certainly the most powerful lawyer around. No other lawyer, be he an elder or a silk matches you. This is because you are the only lawyer who owns a newspaper. You force your own opinions on all of us and we accept them. One can see that all important politicians always own newspapers – Awolowo, Abiola, Orji Kalu etc that’s what they all did.
Editor’s Note: - All powers belong to God.

SQUIB

The Editor,
What a prophet you are! All your predictions about the NBA Ikeja Bar, these past few weeks have more or less come to pass.
You even wrote that the elections would not hold on June 2 2008 and it did not hold. Prophet Sukubu!
Editor’s Note: - Too many geckos make one prophet!

NBA IKEJA
The Editor,
For more than one month now all what we get to read in the SQUIB is just about NBA Ikeja branch elections. And you people call yourselves Tigers, don’t you know Tigers are animals. You are lawyers not animals.
Editor’s Note: - When NBA Ikeja branch members call themselves Tigers, they speak metaphorically.

NBA IKEJA
The Editor,
As the editor of the Squib, you are not supposed to be partisan. But you are too much in support of Dave Ajetomobi’s candidacy in the race for the chairmanship of the NBA Ikeja. You even personally approached me to solicit my support for Ajetomobi.
That’s bad. Niyi Akinmola is my own candidate and he is the one who will win. By the grace of God, you and the Squib will be disgraced because Dave Ajetomobi will lose the election and Niyi Akinmola will win.
Editor’s Note: - You can be partisan, but I should not? The fact is that the Squib is not partisan, we are still in the business of reporting facts as we see them. Our only censor is the truth not blackmail, maledictions and evil suspicions such as the one you displayed. Meanwhile I wish your candidate the best of luck in the elections. Hope that when he wins the elections, you’ll allow me to participate in the victory party!

NBA IKEJA
The Editor,
I am putting this call to you to express my appreciation for your cover story (IF THE ELECTIONS HOLD TODAY). The reportage was faithful to the facts. It was how things really happened (within the Electoral Committee) that you put it down.
I must tell you that despite our disagreement, I have learnt quite a lot from you.
Rex Onobrakpeya
Editor’s Note: - You are welcome, Sir.

NBA IKEJA
The Editor,
If you ask for my sincere opinion about the NBA Ikeja branch elections, I will tell you that none of those contesting for the post of chairman merits the post.
They simply don’t have the eminence or influence that goes with such a post. Or how many of them can place a call to the Chief Judge of the State to discuss issues with him? The chairman of an NBA branch should be an influential person that the judiciary authorities have no choice than to respect, a person they will not want to offend.
Editor’s Note: - Point! Over to the candidates to prove otherwise!