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  • Lawyer writes police over threat to activist’s life

    •Friend abducted

    A law firm, Ikimi Oghenejabor & Co, has petitioned the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Delta South Command Headquarters, Warri, for the threat to the life of an activist, Mr Efemena Agadama.

    It urged the police to arrest the culprits and bring them to book.

    The letter, titled: Petition against threat to life of Mr Efemena Agadama by some unknown persons, was signed by Mr D. O. Forae.

    The firm said in March 2012, a group of about four men came to the residence of Agadama’s relative, Harrison Umudi, to enquire about Agadama’s whereabouts.

    “When our client (Umudi) demanded to know the reason for the above enquiry, he was instructed by them to inform Agadama to keep running, that they shall stop at nothing at getting Mr Agadama since he has decided to work against them by writing indictable articles against kidnappers and cultists.

    “Some months later, the same unknown persons repeated the same threat to our client, which prompted him to relocate to Ovwian Town in 2013. However, these same persons met our client again in his new place of abode to chorus the same threat,” the lawyer wrote.

    He said three of the men accosted Umudi again at his new residence to tell him they had discovered Agadama’s whereabouts and that he was on their wanted list.

    “Our client had to put up a phone call to Agadama who thus instructed our client to report the said threat to the police for necessary action since it has become a perennial threat which he can no longer underestimate.

    “It is in the light of the above that our client has briefed our law firm to put up this petition to your office in a bid to unveiling the identities of the culprits in order to bring them to book as the life of Mr Efemena Agadama is under threat whenever he returns to Nigeria,” the law firm added.

    Agadama’s family also urged security agencies to protect him. It said a group was contracted by an oil bunkering cartel to eliminate him over his campaign against bunkering.

    According to the family, the group, in a “circular” signed by one “Major Sharp-shooter” and “Col. Reconnaissance” said they had obtained Efemena’s mobile line and would apply real-time GPS tracking to get him, adding that they placed a N2 million bounty on Agadama’s head for information on his whereabouts.

    A family member, David Oveki, said the group accused Agadama of being the informant behind the death of 12 of their engineers in a clash with the Joint Task Force in Bayelsa in 2011, which led to their loss of over 200,000 barrels of crude oil.

    “This specialist squad is desperate to make him vulnerable to serious harm from all quarters if they can’t assassinate him as they believe he is challenging their trade,” he said.

    The family said last December, a friend was tortured for failing to disclose Agadama’s hideout, while Umudi, a film producer, was abducted and later released.

    Umudi said he was released after a week of inhumane and degrading treatment meant to extract information from him regarding Agadama’s location.

    Umudi went missing on July 8 and was released on July 18.  He said he was asleep when an armed man accompanied by three persons in military camouflage came to his house at about 1.45 am. He said he obeyed their orders to follow them, and they asked him to lie flat in the vehicle they came with.

    He said he was blindfolded and driven for hours until they opened his eyes in a thick bush, but the men in military apparel were no longer there. He was subsequently blindfolded again and taken into a boat which sailed into the creeks.

    “I was asking them what was my offence and where they were taking me to.  After sometime they removed the blindfold and I discovered that I was in a very dark room. They kept me there till the next day. The second day, the leader who disguised his face came to me and said, ‘I will let you go unhurt if you tell me what I need to know but if I failed then he would be very sorry for what would happen to me,’ ” Umudi said.

    According to him, his abductors were only interested in gathering information about Agadama’s whereabouts.

    “I told them I didn’t know anything about Efemena Agadama.  They refused and started arguing with me. They became extremely angry, asked me to lie on the floor and started pouring water on me and forcing me to respond to their questions.  After much torture, they left me and denied me food for days.  The third day, they tied me on a chair and put my leg inside a bucket of water filled with salt for days.  I almost died. They kept asking me to reveal how they can track him.

    “I told them that I lost contact with him a long time ago.They never believed me and threatened to poison me with raw acid.  It was then that I gave them all information in my phone about Efemena.  They collected my phone and removed the sim card.  I was again beaten and I felt I would die.

    ‘’When they realised I was weak and tired, they blindfolded me, put me into a boat and drove for a long time then transferred me into another car, drove for hours and dropped me on Okpara Inland Road.’’

  • ‘I fulfilled my dad’s dream by becoming a lawyer’

    ‘I fulfilled my dad’s dream by becoming a lawyer’

    At a little over seven months at the bar, Miss Chidimma Abosi is a new wig. The former Executive Vice President of Junior Chamber International (JCI) Nigeria, Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) chapter, tells ROBERT EGBE how she became a lawyer and her career dreams.

    aining admission to study law, how difficult was that?

    It wasn’t difficult at all. My admission to Nnamdi Azikiwe University (Unizik), Awka, Anambra State in 2009 was on merit. I graduated in 2014 with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B).

    What was law school like for you?

    I was admitted to the Nigerian Law School, Yola Campus in 2014 and was called to Bar last December. Law school was actually when I fully appreciated studying law. The law became real as we were exposed to the law through not just lectures but chambers and court attachments. The lectures we had at the law school weren’t the ones the lecturer comes and reels off things off the top of his head or from a textbook. No. You prepare for lectures like you are going for an examination because you can be called upon at any point to explain something and you cannot afford to embarrass yourself. That gets you very involved and I feel you cannot but come to terms with so much because you become what you’re constantly exposed to.

    How did your family feel when you were called to the Bar?

    Oh, it was a dream come true. My father has an admiration for the profession and would have studied Law, but for some circumstances. My call to Bar was a vicarious thrill for him and indeed all who aspire to be lawyers in my family. My parents live in Lagos but they attended my call to Bar ceremony in Abuja. There wasn’t any elaborate party for me after the event. We celebrated it at my aunt’s place with goat meat pepper soup which she prepared for the occasion.

    How have your friends reacted to your new status?

    (laughs) First of all, my name has changed to barrister. They are more conscious of things I say, as they feel I try to manipulate them (Laughs). Again, they also see me as someone who has an answer to all their problems, or that there must be something I can do to make all their problems go away. I always, always remind them I’m still quite much the person they used to know.

     Have they been requesting for legal or financial assistance because you’re now a lawyer?

    Legal assistance yes, and somehow they expect I render it for free.

    Have you had any embarrassing court experience?

    (Laughs). Embarrassing might be overstating what happened on that day. I was in court with a learned senior. He stepped out to ease himself after informing Counsel for the plaintiff, believing the ongoing matter would continue until he returned. Moments after he stepped out, our matter was called. Counsel for the plaintiff announced his appearance and sat down while I expected him to inform the judge about the situation at hand. I turned to look at him and he just smiled at me. I didn’t understand what the smile meant so I remained seated confused about whether or not to announce appearance and the implication of announcing appearance. After the judge screamed “Is Counsel for the defendant in court?” I eventually announced appearance and explained the situation to the judge. “I can’t hear you,” she said to me, “What did you say? Counsel could you speak louder?” I was nervous, so my voice was a bit low and the judge could barely hear me.

    Before and after call to Bar, what differences have you noticed about law practice?

    I’m realising that theory is different from practice. So, I’m unlearning some of the things I learnt in the past and relearning a whole lot of things.

    Is law practice better or worse than you thought it would be?

    I was never delusional about law practice in Nigeria. I never got carried away by law practice as depicted in foreign movies. I understand our system as it is and I am not shocked about things I experience. I guess I was ready for any eventuality

    So far, has law been worth it, financially speaking?

    I would love to earn like a million naira monthly but we know that’s very unrealistic. Right now the focus is on garnering experience that would give you an edge and a push in your legal career.

    If you could, what would you change about law practice?

    Lawyers should be informed on time if a court won’t sit. The information could be sent to our phones to save us time, energy and resources spent coming to court.

    What are your plans?

    I like entrepreneurship and hope to provide top-notch legal and business advisory services to start-ups and also corporations. If I had a second chance, I would still choose the legal profession. I have always wanted to be a lawyer even before I appreciated what it meant to be a lawyer. Besides the awe and admiration that greets you almost everywhere you go, being a lawyer makes you super aware of your rights and not easily intimidated.

  • Lawyer: governor can’t use immunity to commit fraud

    Lawyer: governor can’t use immunity to commit fraud

    A senior lawyer based in Ado Ekiti, Kolade Ilesanmi, has said the freezing of the personal bank account of Governor Ayo Fayose by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is in order and in line with the Act establishing the agency.

    Ilesanmi, who spoke in a chat with The Nation, contended that Section 28 of the EFCC Act 2002, empowers the commission to freeze the account of any suspect and obtain a court order thereafter.

    He argued that Section 28 of the EFCC Act gives the commission the power to go ahead and investigate Fayose, but cannot arraign him as he enjoys immunity from civil and criminal prosecution.

    Ilesanmi said the governor, his supporters and some lawyers sympathetic to his cause who are quoting Section 34 of the same Act were ignorant of the fact that it is not mandatory for the agency.

    The legal practitioner noted that while the provision in Section 28 carries the word “shall”,  that of Section 34 carries the word “may”.

    He noted that the latter is not binding on the EFCC while the former is.

    Section 28 of the EFCC Act 2002 reads: “Where a person is arrested for an offence under this Act, the commission shall immediately trace and attach all the assets and properties of the person acquired as a result of such economic or financial crime and shall thereafter cause to be obtained an interim attachment order from the court.”

    He stressed that if Fayose’s account was not frozen, the ‘res’ of the matter would be destroyed, arguing further that the ‘res’ must be protected.

    Ilesanmi said: “The word ‘shall’ is used there and under this present situation, the governor enjoys immunity under Section 308 (of the 1999 Constitution), he can’t be arrested or arraigned. He is immune from civil and criminal prosecution.

    “Where the world ‘shall’ is used, it is compulsory. Section 34 some lawyers rely on says ‘may’ and when the word ‘may’ is used, it does not impose compulsion and it means it is not mandatory for the commission to seek the order to attach the account or freeze the account.

    “The word ‘may’ in legal parlance is not mandatory; but under Section 28, the word ‘shall’ is used.”

    Ilesanmi added: “Where state funds have been stolen, are they saying the authorities empowered by law cannot recover the cash? The account frozen is the ‘res’ and where the ‘res’ is destroyed, where is the basis in the action.

    “You cannot use immunity as an engine of fraud, immunity is not absolute; it is there to protect the occupant of the office from distraction but they are misusing it in Nigeria.

    “If a governor had looted state funds and keeps it in a secret account, should they allow him to have access to it? What of if he wires the money out of the account or he dies, what happens to the money? We begin another round of legal bottleneck to repatriate the money.

    “The EFCC cannot wait and allow the ‘res’ to be destroyed; the action of the EFCC is in order and I quite agree with it.”

     

     

     

  • How Fed Govt can prosecute looters, by lawyer

    The Federal Government has been advised to push for the amendment of the Constitution to stipulate a time limit for the prosecution of corruption and related cases to eliminate delays in the trial of corrupt public officers and treasury looters.

    A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Sebastine Hon, who said this, warned that the trials of some public officers may linger beyond the tenure of this administration if nothing was done to ensure speedy prosecution of corruption and related cases. He suggested the inclusion of some major provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) in the Constitution.

    Hon, who noted such ACJA provisions as prohibition of stay of proceedings in criminal trials, said he support the effort by the National Assembly to review the Constitution, but said such review must give financial autonomy to the Judiciary and local governments.

    The lawyer spoke in Abuja on Saturday while announcing plans for the presentation, in Abuja, on July 12, of his 1,300-page book – S.T. Hon’s constitutional and migration law in Nigeria – which discussed, among others, over 4,000 decisions of Nigerian and foreign courts on issues covered.

    Hon advocated the abrogation of pension provisions for political office holders  on the grounds that it was immoral for people, who begged to be elected to serve to constitute liability to the state by drawing pensions. He faulted the restriction of immunity to leaders of the Executive arm, and argued that the nation should either abolish the concept of immunity or extend it to other arms of government.

    He called for a review of the jurisdiction of the National Industrial Court (NIC), because, as it is, it is arguable whether, besides fundamental rights cases, there is a right of appeal against its decision.

    “It is not good to say that matters that affect the welfare of workers and their employers are going to terminate at the NIC.  I will suggest we push up the appellate jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal to include appeals from the NIC. My book has proactively dealt with this issue. It is necessary that we amend the 3rd Alteration Act to expressly restore the supervisory jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal on all matters dealt with by the NIC.

    “I will also suggest an amendment that will provide time limit, in the Constitution, for trials of corruption and terrorism matters. Because when they first amended Section 285 and introduced sub-sections 6, 7 and 8, which provide for 100 days at the election trial and 60 days each for the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, most of us criticised it. But now everyone agrees there is wisdom in the amendment.

    “So, nothing also stops us from abridging the time within which trials on corruption and terrorism matters should start and conclude. Nothing also stops us from elevating those provisions in the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) concerning the prohibition of stay of proceedings to become constitutional provisions, because we are faced with a hydra-headed monster called corruption, and except something is done and done quickly and fundamentally, we may be saying goodbye to project Nigeria’’.

     

  • Presidency threatens to sue lawyer over Buhari’s certificate

    The Presidency has condemned the attempts by a lawyer, Mr. Nnamdi Nwokocha, to prejudice public opinion against President Muhammadu Buhari over his alleged lack of certificate by declaring the President guilty on the pages of newspapers.

    Reacting to Nwokocha’s media interviews, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said it was unfair for a lawyer, who is a litigant to a case in court, to hijack the power of a judge by declaring the President guilty of what he is accused of.

    The presidential aide noted that newspaper pages were not the alternatives to the courts where a lawyer could declare anybody guilty of any allegation, especially when the court had not formally given a judgment on the matter before it.

    “The interview splashed on pages 56 and 57 of ThisDay on Saturday, June 11t, breaches a lawyer’s ethical code. We hope that the court and the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) will take notice of this,” Shehu said.

    According to him, any lawyer who sincerely believes in judicial process and the rights of other parties to a case will not engage in an inappropriate and unprofessional practice of trial by media.

    Shehu said it was appalling that Nwokocha openly declared the President guilty, when the court had not made same declaration.

    The presidential aide noted that gag orders emerged in the United States of America (U.S.A) because of lawyers’ inappropriate conduct of trying and convicting people on the pages of newspapers or the court of public opinion.

    He said free speech was not synonymous with recklessness and wanton abuse of the rights of other parties in a court case.

    Shehu said: “The litigant’s unabashed claim that he was a card-carrying member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which lost power in the last election, clearly indicates a scheme that seeks power by circumventing the democratic process of elections.”

    The presidential aide noted that if Nwokocha failed to stop his abuse of free speech, the President’s competent team of lawyers would use the law in dealing with his unethical actions.

    He added that no-one should be a litigant and be a judge at the same time.

  • DIG, lawyer, family in land row

    A Lagos family has accused Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) Jubril Adeniji and a lawyer, Paul Ogundele, of using thugs to drive them out of their land.

    In a petition to Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Solomon Arase and the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC), the Wahab Lemomu family of Ita Pampa village in Ibeju-Lekki claimed that Adeniji Ogundele and the Eleku family are sponsoring some people to threaten them and destroy their properties.

    The family said it was granted an excision by the Lagos State government in 2007, which was gazetted, adding that it built on parts of the 25 hectare-land and sold some.

    It claimed that in 2012, the family and Oba Tajudeen Elemoro were taken to a Lagos High Court in suit LD/1946/2012 by Tajudeen Eleku, Segun Eleku, Korede Ayo, Lateef Eleku and Femi Bakare over a land at Oko Olomi.

    The Imams accused Adeniji and Ogundele of selling their land and threatening those who bought land from the family, asking for the IGP’s intervention to protect their rights to own properties.

    “After the court processes were served on us, Ogundele abandoned this case and some land grabbers backed by Adeniji and Ogundele invaded our properties at Ita Pampa with guns and other dangerous weapons and started destroying them.

    “They threatened to kill us and waste our lives should we fail to vacate the land for them. We and all those we sold our land to have been sent packing by force for the past three years. Ogundele and the thugs are still occupying our properties till date without any court order to that effect.

    “Since this problem started, we have reported at the Elemoro Police Station but one Alli who is the DCO (Divisional Crime Officer) there has always blocked our ways. The DPO (Divisional Police Officer) and DCO at Elemoro have refused to protect us and our properties from destruction but have instead protected the thugs backed by Adeniji and Ogundele,” the Imams claimed.

    The family said it petitioned the Area J Command when the division did nothing, adding that it learnt there was “an order from above” stopping the division from intervening in the matter.

    “We had to petition the AIG Zone Two at Onikan to investigate the officers at the Elemoro division, but it was the same result we got. As a result of the helplessness, we decided to investigate who was giving the “order from above” and “we found out it was DIG Adeniji”.

    The petitioners urged LPDC to probe Ogundele for alleged professional misconduct, indiscipline, inciting violence and defrauding.

    They accused the lawyer of continuous and flagrant disregard of the rule of law.

    Reacting, Ogundele said the case has been assigned to Justice Christopher Balogun, describing the petitioners’ claim as falsehood.

    Abiodun Imam is at large at the “moment because he was arrested for malicious damage and subject likely to cause breach of peace.

    “He was granted administrative bail at Elemoro Police Station and the case was charged to court because he destroyed 14 properties. When the case was charged to court, he absconded and was declared wanted.

    “Instead of coming to answer the charges against him, he ran to the Federal High Court and filed a fundamental rights suit against the IGP, myself and Okomi Eleku family. The case has been struck out for lack of diligent prosecution. They are running from the civil case before Justice Balogun. They went and filed another fundamental rights suit at the Lagos High Court.

    “Ita Pampa is 1.44km to Oko Olomi. It is a long distance to my client’s land.

    “I have responded to the petition against me they forwarded to LPDC. I have used the instrumentality of the law to fight my case. I have not at anytime resorted to violence. We are in court. I am making arrangements to sue them for libel because they are attempting to malign my reputation that I have built for the pass 24 years. I will sue them for N100 million damages,” he said.

    Adeniji denied the allegations against him, insisting he has nothing to do with the parties.

    He said: “I do not know any of them and I don’t know the type of support the other party is alleging me of. I have no dealings with any of the parties.

    “I was at the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) before; I do not know if any such matter came before me. But if it did, am sure I handled it the best way I thought and moved on.

    “I was surprised when I saw the petition that I was supporting land grabbers. I do not have any land in that area. I have no business there at all. I am a police officer. I think they are just looking for somebody to embarrass.

    “Please, I need them to come forward with the kind of support they alleged I am giving. If they say their case is in court, am I a judge? I have absolutely nothing to do with them. I don’t know them and so, I leave them for God.”

  • Lawyer wins alumni award

    Lawyer wins alumni award

    Country Representative of the United Nations (UN) Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Uganda Dr. Uchenna Emelonye has been honoured with the Outstanding Career Achievement Award of the Central European University (CEU).

    He graduated from the CEU Legal Studies Department in 2004 with an LL.M in Human Rights Law.

    The university is a post graduate institution based in Budapest, Hungary; funded by a philanthropist, George Soros, and dedicated to promoting open societies worldwide.

    As part of its 25th anniversary, CEU held the Alumni Impact Award on May 7 to showcase alumni who have helped to bolster its overall mission and enhance its international reputation.

    The award was vested on 25 recipients selected from more than 13, 000 alumni who have contributed to the cause of humanity.

    Emelonye was the Senior Human Rights Adviser to the UN Africa Headquarters in Kenya, as well as Head, Governance, Institutional and Justice Reform Division of the International Development Law Organisation in Rome, Italy.

    He served as Judicial Affairs Officer of the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur Sudan. Before then, he was a Human Rights Officer at the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Pristina, Kosovo, and the UN Mission in South Sudan.

    He also served as Rule of Law Coordinator of the International Rescue Committee, New York USA as well as Executive Director of the Constitutional Rights Project Nigeria, among others.

    Emelonye holds a doctorate degree in Law (LL.D) from the University of Helsinki in Finland. In addition to his master from CEU, he also obtained an LL.M from the Abia State University, Uturu, where he graduated with an LL.B.

    Since his call to Bar in 1995, he has authored and contributed chapters to eight books on human rights, rule of law, protection of civilians and good governance.

  • Lawyer writes police over ‘harassment’ of bailiff

    A lawyer, Dania Abdullahi, has urged the Assistant Inspector-General of Police AIG), Zone Two, Onikan in Lagos to transfer a case-file on a tenancy dispute to another police division.

    Abdullahi said his client, a senior bailiff/sheriff of the Federal High Court, Ernest Nwanoro, was asked to quit his 21, Ajoke Okunsanya Street, Ago Palace Way, Okota residence.

    According to him, before the notice expired, some policemen from the Ago Police Division, stormed Nwanoro’s premises and disconnected his power and water supply and barricaded the entrance.

    Abdullahi said the house is owned by a former Comptroller of Customs, Chief John Ogundoju, but managed by his daughter and husband, Mr and Mrs Eniafe Adeola through an agent, Lanre.

    The lawyer said on April 28, at about 10pm, Nwanoro got a call from Lanre to report at the police station.

    The following day, he accompanied his client to the station to see the Divisional Crime Officer (DCO), who was away.

    According to him, on May 3, his client got a call from the DCO asking him to report at the station without fail.

    Abdullahi said he tried calling the DCO to know why his client was wanted, but was not given a reasonable explanation.

    The lawyer said a tenancy dispute was a civil matter that should not warrant intimidation by the police.

    Alleging that the DCO may have been compromised, Abdullahi said the case file should be transferred from Agor Police Division for a discreet, unbiased and fair investigation.

    The lawyer said the DCO allegedly “descended into the arena” and should, therefore, be reminded about what the law says on tenancy agreements.

    Abdullahi said his client, who was forced to relocate his family, did not commit any offence to be treated like a criminal.

  • Lawyer arrested for defendant’s absence

    Lawyer arrested for defendant’s absence

    The police have arrested a lawyer, Destiny Takon, for allegedly failing to produce a woman he stood for as surety in a case of wilful damage and fraudulent conversion.

    The Nation learnt that Destiny Takon Esq. from Cross River State stood as surety for Gladys Ifeyinwa Caza, following her arraignment by the police on January 25, at a Lagos State Magistrate’s Court in Igbosere.

    Caza was granted bail of N1.5million and two sureties, one of who was Takon.

    After her bail was perfected, the woman allegedly failed to honour an appointment with the police in February and Takon was arrested.

    He was arraigned before Mrs. J. Ugbomoiko of an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court on a charge bordering on failure to produce the suspect.

    Takon pleaded not guilty and Magistrate Ugbomoiko granted him bail on self recognition but ordered him to surrender his Call to Bar certificate and other relevant documents to the court.

    The case was adjourned till April 21.

     

  • ‘Girl-child education; a security for Nigeria’s economic prosperity’

    A legal practitioner, Mrs Bukola Okuboyejo, has advised government at all levels to invest more in the education of the girl-child to secure Nigeria’s future economic prosperity.

     

    Okuboyejo gave the advice in an interview with the newsmen in Lagos on Friday.

     

    Okuboyejo said that past advocacies for education of the girl-child had paid off with more women holding top government jobs.

     

    She said that any decline in the girl child school enrolment at this period would be counter-productive for the economy.

     

    “Before now, girl child education used to be the topic in every national, state and local government discourse on development.

     

    “But today, there seems to be less talk about the girl-child education whereas we are not there yet in terms of the ideal treatment of the girl-child in our society.

     

    “It is my submission that any success story in any sector of our economy will have the substantial contribution of women as input to such outcome,’’ she said.

     

    The lawyer told NAN that women were still suffering marginalisation from the men folk, especially in rural communities in Nigeria.

     

    “There are still communities that will not allow women emerge as leaders of social and political groups even if these women have the potential to change the fortunes of such associations.

     

    “Women are still suffering marginalisation in the workplace even if they possess the qualification, skill and ability to hold the top positions of authority.

     

    “The possibility is there that Nigeria will be able to have a woman president in the nearest future if more investment and attention is given to the education of the girl-child,’’ she said.

     

    Okuboyejo urged educators at the higher school levels to do more researches and proffer suggestions on possible ways to improve education of women in the Nigerian society.

     

    She said that Nigeria needed to adopt more home-grown theories on the education of women for their proficiency, especially in male dominated sectors.

     

    “Women are now a factor in the judiciary and some other important sectors, but are yet to be a force to reckon with in the military and paramilitary sectors of the economy,’’ she concluded.