Lawyer Killed By Son At Redemption Camp Is Not Known By His Colleagues

<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"><br /> </h3><div class="post-header"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVwhAS525HxxeMvQJ-S-mn1BQ6sKiEoLuHO3HqQmvr-M2mYf46xODXEoYBCtYHNa-zrQrn0No3MLefMs3pFRnNdqwoVXwIkwCJ3flhioIQIa8cXrXQVAyrvM6wOPWoa00Dg8tkxvtoqlps/s1600/ARRESTED+boy+kills+father.jpg" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Until his gruesome murder in the hands of his 21-year-<span class="gqn50cx37t" id="gqn50cx37t_8">old son</span> Tolani, a 300-level <div data-cid="2378" data-kw="student" style="border-bottom: 1px solid; color: #f35b00; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: underline; width: auto;">student</div>of the Department of History and <span class="gqn50cx37t" id="gqn50cx37t_4">International Relations</span> at Redeemer Univer­sity, RCCG Camp, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway last week, the name Charles Ajayi (SAN) did not ring a bell even in the legal profession where he was said to have risen to the highest rank in his career.<br /><br />Attempts by <span class="gqn50cx37t" id="gqn50cx37t_9">Sunday Sun</span> to do a special report on his contributions to the legal profes­sion met a <span class="gqn50cx37t" id="gqn50cx37t_7">brick wall</span> as most senior lawyers in Nigeria claimed not to know him or heard about him until his death.<a name='more'></a><br /><br />Not even the Nigerian <span class="gqn50cx37t" id="gqn50cx37t_5">Bar Association</span> (NBA) could come out to identify him as a SAN. Surprisingly, when he was contacted, the President of the association, Okey Wali (SAN) had this to say:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">“<span style="color: #cc0000;">Honestly, I have not come across him or heard of his name before. There is nobody I have asked that seemed to know him</span>. I think we need to check the records because I <span class="gqn50cx37t" id="gqn50cx37t_15">don</span>’t know him personally and you know the number of SANs in Nigeria is not much.</blockquote><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1273158107245326844" name="more"></a><blockquote class="tr_bq">"But we can’t come to conclusion because sometimes if you are not active on the Bar, not many people will know you.”</blockquote><br /><span class="gqn50cx37t" id="gqn50cx37t_2">Constitutional lawyer</span> and author, Sabastine Hon (SAN) just like NBA President said he has not come across the name Charles Ajayi (SAN) in the legal profession.<br /><br />“Frankly <span class="gqn50cx37t" id="gqn50cx37t_14">speaking</span>, I have not heard of that name before or come across somebody that knows him. It is rather unfortunate that he died at a time his services are needed most. Death comes in several ways, unfortunately in his case, it came through his own son. My heart goes to the family and I pray <span class="gqn50cx37t" id="gqn50cx37t_10">that God</span> should comfort them.”<br /><br />Also speaking, Lagos <span class="gqn50cx37t" id="gqn50cx37t_12">lawyer</span>, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) said; “<span style="color: #cc0000;">No, I don’t know him</span>. Frankly speaking, I can’t figure out his name, but call me back in two hours, maybe I may find something about him.”<br /><br />Chief Chris Uche (<span class="gqn50cx37t" id="gqn50cx37t_18">SAN</span>) said, “I don’t know him and have not come across him or heard about him until the sad news of his death. I will find out about him and call you back.”<br /><br />Also speaking on the issue, <span class="gqn50cx37t" id="gqn50cx37t_3">Senior Advocate</span> of Nigeria and a national delegate to the National Conference, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) had this to say; “In fact, I don’t even know him. I have never heard about him before now. You know the clan of SAN is small, I never heard of a name like that as SAN. <span style="color: #cc0000;">He could be a lawyer, but certainly not a SAN</span>.”<br /><br />To further compound the matter, nobody seems to know his Abuja <span class="gqn50cx37t" id="gqn50cx37t_17">residence</span>.<br /><br />It would be recalled that the late Ajayi was <span class="gqn50cx37t" id="gqn50cx37t_13">killed</span> by his son, Tolani, who reportedly chopped his <span class="gqn50cx37t" id="gqn50cx37t_11">body</span> to pieces before dumping the remains in a bush near his <span class="gqn50cx37t" id="gqn50cx37t_1">home</span> in Ogun State.<br /><div></div><div>The <span class="gqn50cx37t" id="gqn50cx37t_16">incident</span> occurred after an argument between Tolani and his father. He had reportedly questioned his son over his at­titude and refusal to follow Biblical teachings.</div></div>

Lawyer Killed By Son At Redemption Camp Is Not Known By His Colleagues

    Until his gruesome murder in the hands of his 21-year- old son Tolani, a 300-level student of the Department of History and Internati...

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Tinubu-- Soyinka, Even At 80, No One Can Stop You

<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqdj_S1qzo0CBFWB5Y0Nlw9MMbiSdpn-FM3yVU47KTOE4ZexLYeBFGMw2CcQO1lsApMdT6h5mVZHl55h3Kq_K1Z40di40Sis-egbRJrT7px12d-DlQ4ejuLuYEvxBL4EVi9ljGezB5Aw6d/s1600/Soyinka+1.jpg" />  <br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div>No word can describe what you have achieved professionally and as well as a patriot. You are one of a kind. You have become the conscience of our nation, pricking us and alerting us to the dangers ahead. You have not stopped there; you have gone further to proffer solutions in a timely and comprehensive manner on how to <span class="gqn50cx37t" id="gqn50cx37t_13">move</span> things forward. Your words and interventions continue to resonate here at <span class="gqn50cx37t" id="gqn50cx37t_2">home</span> and globally. <a name='more'></a></div><br />You remain one of the few truly celebrated Nigerian icons and a solid and <span class="gqn50cx37t" id="gqn50cx37t_5">powerful voice</span>. Indeed, one of the very few powerful voices who continue speak up against injustice, inequality and creeping fascism. The more they try to diminish you, the more your status rise in distinction to their incoherence and verbiage. Each time they try to silence you, your voice rings out louder and clearer.<br /><div><blockquote class="tr_bq">You have always said, "<b>The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism</b>" and you are being proved right with our experience. We take instruction in these words of yours.</blockquote><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1273158107245326844" name="more"></a></div><div><br />Nigeria’s search for true democracy remains on course because of your unrelenting and lucid interventions. Through the years you have demonstrated a fierce commitment to the Nigerian project and worked assiduously with different groups and organizations in the singular effort to ensure that Nigeria’s democracy survives and we achieve an egalitarian society.<br /><br />I identify with you in this struggle for a better and greater Nigeria and stand <span class="gqn50cx37t" id="gqn50cx37t_3">side by side</span> with you in your condemnation of the impunity of the present administration and the demand you have made that the current Nigerian government has a case to answer for all the unconstitutional acts it is perpetrating.<br /><br />I celebrate with you today. May you <span class="gqn50cx37t" id="gqn50cx37t_17">grow</span> in wisdom and knowledge. May you <span class="gqn50cx37t" id="gqn50cx37t_12">find peace</span> and remain in <span class="gqn50cx37t" id="gqn50cx37t_4">good health</span>. Happy birthday.<br /><br /><b>- Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 80th Birthday Message to Wole Soyinka</b></div></div>

Tinubu-- Soyinka, Even At 80, No One Can Stop You

      No word can describe what you have achieved professionally and as well as a patriot. You are one of a kind. You have become the consc...

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