A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dr. Akin Onigbinde, has berated a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) over his recent comments that “highly condemned” the judiciary in Nigeria.
Agbakoba had stated that he has not only lost confidence in the nation’s judiciary, but suggested that Supreme Court decisions should be subjected to legislative reviews.
In a statement made available to journalists in Ibadan, Onigbinde, who is a one-time Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly (OYHA), submitted that Agbakoba’s outright condemnation of the judiciary was unbecoming of a person of his status as his view is a serious indictment of an institution that is respected and held in awe anywhere in the world.
According to Onigbinde, although the judiciary has its challenges, Agbakoba’s assertion that the court now gives “silly decisions” was unexpected of someone who was once the President of the country’s foremost lawyers’ association, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).
‘’Dr. Agbakoba’s approach and publication smacks of a reckless, ill-considered and empty activism that cannot positively improve the judiciary as an institution.
“What was the end-game and long-term objective of Dr. Agbakoba’s video address? Did he expect the disbandment of the Judiciary the morning after, or did he intend to put the consciences of the justices on a hook, or just to bring the institution to complete disrepute?” He queried.
Culled from The Guardian
