.Fagbemi, Oyebode, Adesina lead conversations at confab

GAVEL International has pledged to salvage the image of the Nigerian judiciary in its forthcoming conference.

Its publisher, Mustapha Ogunsakin, said that the 2024 yearly lecture is designed to kick off conversations on the restoration of confidence of citizens in the country’s judiciary, which appears to be at an all-time low.

“We must begin to restore the hope of the common man in the judiciary. The alternative is anarchy,” he said.

Ogunsakin posited that the legal and media professions are saddled with direct constitutional roles in the judicial system and must take the lead in restoring confidence in the judicial system.

The event, which is slated for November 29, 2024, with the theme: “The Judiciary as the Last Hope of the Common Man: Media and Legal Perspectives” will see the Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), deliver the keynote address.

The lecture is to be chaired by the Founder of Aluko & Oyebode Law Firm, Gbenga Oyebode, while the former General Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dele Adesina (SAN), is to deliver the main lecture.

Also, notable among the discussants is a professor of Literature and Literary Analysis at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Hope Eghagha, who will speak on how Nigerians currently perceive the judiciary.

He will be joined by a foremost journalist and expert in judicial reporting, Richard Akinnola; a Lagos-based lawyer, Joke Layi-Babatunde; jurist and expert in criminal law and proceedings, Tomi Ajayi, and human rights activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN).