VOL. 10 NO. 7

BODE GEORGE
The Editor,
You said in your last edition that Bode George has gone to school- which school?
Editor’s Note: The "Great School."

BODE GEORGE
The Editor,
The school that Bode George went is one that accommodates both the rich and the poor.
Editor’s Note: Right.

BODE GEORGE
The Editor,
Let me tell the course of study in the new school that Bode George is now attending is called “prisonology”.
Editor’s Note: Is that?

BODE GEORGE
The Editor,
Your cover for this week’s edition tickles me pink-Bode Goes to School! How interesting!
Editor’s Note: Please stay pink.

BODE GEORGE
The Editor,
I do not think that your last week’s cover “Big Stress: Olabode George Goes to School” is apt enough for the story. A better one would be “Bode George: Ewon ni ile Alaseju” “Bode George: Over-reachers ultimately end up in Prison”
Editor’s Note: Well?

SQUIB
The Editor,
I saw the recognition justice .. gave you when you entered her court this morning (even though you were not robed). The judge stopped proceedings temporarily to acknowledge your presence.
What greater honour can a lawyer ask for? It is, as our people say, perforce that people have sango (the Yoruba God of Thunder). The Squib has come to stay even though people hate those who speak the truth. What people like us can do is to continue to pray for God’s protection for you, because that’s the only sure protection for anybody.
Editor’s Note: And may God continue to hear and answer your prayers

SQUIB
The Editor,
I’ll like to know whether you studied Yoruba language to the fullest at the Secondary School stage.
I ask because I notice that you use the language masterfully, lacing your write-ups with it. Your use of Yoruba thus adds profundity and clarity to your articles.
Editor’s Note: Thank you.

LAWYER’S CAR
The Editor,
I have to bring this fact to your knowledge, because you are the voice of the voiceless. For about three weeks now, a lawyers car has been detained in court here over an incident she had with a security guard. According to what I learnt, there was a disagreement over whether the lawyer should park her car or not at a particular spot. In the process, the lawyer’s car brushed the guard’s leg and he in turn smashed in the lawyer’s car windscreen.
On top of it all, the lawyer car has been detained in the premises of the court (Lagos High Court) since almost a month ago now. That to me is very unfair. Why should a security guard be allowed to rude and violent to counsel in the premises of the court. Please look into this matter.
Editor’s Note: We shall.

GANI FAWEHINMI
The Editor,
I suspect that the death of Gani Fawehinmi, may, if care is not taken lead to a vacuum in the law Reporting Sector. A printer friend of mine commented on the poor quality of an edition of the Nigerian Weekly Law Report that issued shortly after Gani’s death.
You may begin to consider going into the law reporting business. Though capital intensive, but it is highly profitable. You may have to approach the banks for loans to commence.
Editor’s Note: SQUIB LAW REPORTS? Thank you.

DIRTY LAWYER
The Editor,
You are too harsh on my friend-the man who dressed so poorly on New Legal Year Day. The man is like me a widower and he needs help, if you know what I mean.
I’m telling you from personal experience that it is not an easy thing to lose one’s wife.
Editor’s Note: Yes, but.

DIRTY LAWYER
The Editor,
I think you are right on your publication as regards Julius Akinlaja. Even when he came to Port-Harcourt for the bar conference, I had to talk to him over his dirty appearance. Can you imagine he came to the conference grounds wearing “slippers” I remember giving him #2,000.00 for his book which he was selling for #500.00, just to encourage him.
Editor’s Note: Behold another witness!.

LEARNED SQUIB
The Editor,
Are you sure that the Addeh in you Learned Squib article “And A call came through” is not your good self.
Editor’s Note: No, but he may be a cousin.