A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Jibrin Samuel Okutepa has described the legal profession as an enemy of itself.

He said until the profession stops acting in sabotage of its own or itself nobody will take us serious. He said:

“Political class will do everything to subvert the will of the people if we as members of the legal profession, decide to promote technicalities, and decide not to come to the aid of the people or the will of the people.”

He added that Nigerians no longer fear law either as made by lawmakers or as interpreted by the courts because the courts themselves have chosen to accommodate wrongdoers under technicalities and all other legal gymnastics that is completely devoid of real justice. He said while he believes the right to fair hearing is worth respecting and protecting, violators of the rights of other persons or the vast majority of the people should be denied judicial protection while still in contempt, if the awe with which laws and orders of court are meant to be held is to be restored and respected by all and sundry.

“When I reflect on the going on in Nigeria where people deliberately violate laws and court orders and dare you to go to court or where those who disobeyed court orders return to the same court or other courts to seek remedies and taunt you and they are accommodated and accorded protection, I feel terribly demoralised about our tremendous prosperity to stomach wrongs.

“Honestly we are heading to anarchy and chaos if we do not retrace our steps in the legal profession and do what is right.”

Those people may soon decide not to have respect and faith in our legal system unless lawyers do something that gives the people hope that they can get justice in our courts and enjoy its fruits thereof in their lifetime.

The future of the legal profession looks very bleak to me given the way we are going.”  He concluded.

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