ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Former President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has advocated for a judicial pronouncement by the Supreme Court concerning President Bola Tunubu’s certificate from Chicago State University (CSU), rather than exacerbating tensions in the public sphere.
In a statement released to the media on Monday, Agbakoba expressed his concern, stating, “This ongoing spectacle surrounding Chicago State University must come to an end.”
He also criticized lawyers who, in his view, have perpetuated a media trial of the issue on television.
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The statement read, “The cacophony of discordant voices on Tinubu/Atiku over the certificate matter is completely out of hand.
”This utter nonsense from armchair lawyers is heating up Nigeria dangerously. Please can we keep our opinions and views to ourselves, awaiting a decision of the Supreme Court.
“I am so ashamed to see lawyers on television arguing one way or the other on the merits or demerits of the Chicago State University matter. This is most unhelpful!
”I call out all media that tolerate this nonsense of adjudicating the CSU matter on TV and newspapers. I urge the President of the Nigerian Bar Association to call out lawyers who breach rules of ethics by turning the media into a court of law.
”Can we please stop heating up our country!!! Let us allow the Supreme Court of Nigeria to make a judicial pronouncement which is binding on us all!!!! This public nonsense must stop.”