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Edo Retired Judge Advocates Transparent Judicial System As Olayiwola Afolabi Chambers Holds End Of Year Party

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December 31, 2021

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Mr. Olayiwola Afolabi, Esq. and members of staff cutting the party cake

A retired Justice of Edo State High Court, Benin, Justice Stephen Omonua, has advocated a transparent and integrity driven judicial system in the state and Nigeria at large.

Justice Omonua made the assertion in Benin on Thursday at Olayiwola Afolabi & Co. end of the year staff family party and maiden edition of the Justice Stephen Omonua Transparency Award, an award instituted in his honour by Olayiwola Afolabi wherein a winner walks away with a cash prize of N50,000.00 for the next three years.

Justice Omonua, who said he was humbled when he was told of the award, stressed that he was just doing his job the way it should be done during his active service.

While thanking Olayiwola Afolabi chambers for the honour done him and his intervention in lives of the downtrodden, Justice Omonua said when God blesses a man He (God) expect such man to extend such to others as Olayiwola Afolabi has been doing over the years.

Winner of the deep refrigerator, Mr. Ezenwa Eze, Esq. (Left), Olayiwola Afolabi (middle) and Pius Oiwoh,

“It is one thing for a man to be blessed, it is another thing for him to extend such blessings to others. When God blesses a man, He expect that person to extend it to others.

“Over the years, Afolabi Law Chambers has been intervening in the state of students in tertiary institutions, I do know what students go through nowadays.
When Afolabi’s chambers intervene in the state of students, you can imagine what that means to them,” he said.

He added, “When I was in service, I was just doing my job the best way I could. I used to tell people that, for me, I do not see myself as a highly intelligent man.What I try to do while in service was doing it the way it should be done.

“So, when Afolabi told me he was going to give an award in my honour-Transparency Award, I was actually very humbled. Because the hallmark of a judicial officer in the first place is transparency, integrity, hard work. A judicial officer who does not have these qualities suppose not to come near the office in the first place.

Mr. Pius Oiwoh presenting an industrial fan to justice Omonua, courtesy of Olayiwola Afolabi.

“So, what I will be glad to hear is that judicial officers in Edo State and in Nigeria display these qualities. It is a personal honour to me and I thank Mr Afolabi for celebrating me which he has been doing over the years.”

Earlier in his opening remarks, Mr. Olayiwola Afolabi, principal-in-chambers, Olayiwola Afolabi & Co. said he decided to honour Justice Omonua because throughout the retired Justice active service years, no one could accused him of bribe.

“I honour him because I know him very well, and nobody throughout his career can say he give him money to pervert justice. He gives judgement based on the law whether you are his friend or brother.

“Today I decided that I am going to honour him. He is from Uromi, and I told NBA chairman to give me someone from Uromi and he gave me someone from G.C. Igbokwe SAN & Co and that person is going to go home with a sum of N50000.00. The award will span for the next three years,” Afolabi said.

In his remarks, Pius Oiwoh, Esq. Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Benin branch, said “If we have about two three law firms in Benin who do what Mr Olayiwola Afolabi does regularly, I am sure legal practice would be very interesting and so many persons would not bother to go into corporate practice.

INFO DAILY reports that the maiden edition winner of the Omonua Transparency Award is Mrs. Lolo Ozobokhai, Esq. of G.C. Igbokwe (SAN) & Co. chamber, Benin and she is from Uromi, Justice Omonua’s home town in Esan land, Edo State.

The event climax with a raffle draw for a deep refrigerator courtesy of Olayiwola Afolabi & Co. which was won by Mr. Eze Ezenwa, Esq., Head of Chamber, Olayiwola Afolabi & Co.

Mr. Abednego Enyawuile, Esq. won the best staff of the year under the legal category after a secret ballot, while Ayodele Musa won same title under the administrative staff category in Olayiwola Afolabi & Co.

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