For openly identifying with and supporting the LGBTQ community, Ama Governor, a Ghanaian law graduate, has allegedly been denied being called to the bar
Ama Governor was reportedly not invited by the Body of Benchers to the venue where the Call usually holds.
In a video that went viral on the internet, the TikTok star had earlier come out as a lesbian.
According to Ditabhey media, the Ghanaian socialite in addition to her sexual orientation has several body piercings and tattoos which reportedly led to her being sidelined after six years of rigorous study.
Ama was accused of not being committed to becoming a lawyer in good standing, and consequently denied the chance to practice law by the Ghana Bar Association.
Local media reports that some unidentified persons filed a petition against her over her contentious online personas and a punitive ruling was made against her as a result.
An unhappy Ama and some of her friends took to social media to challenge the Ghana Bar Association’s decision.
Bemoaning her fate, she said it was inappropriate and unjust for the GBA to suddenly prevent her from becoming a lawyer after she had passed all her exams.
Months ago in Nigeria, a young lawyer, Ifunanya Excel Grant came under heavy attack for posing with her lawyer robe and a wrap suspected to be cannabis or cigar on social media.
Immediately she went viral, some lawyers began to call for her disbarment insisting that she was already a liability to the bar. Others said she should be strongly admonished by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) for portraying herself negatively in the public.
Additional voices in the Bar held that whatever infraction she might have committed, it is not one that could get her name struck off the roll of Legal Practitioners in Nigeria.
Ifunanya Excel Grant has since reacted to the controversial post she allegedly made on social media to celebrate her call to the bar.
The pictures which elicited contentious responses mostly from lawyers had the young lady appear in a provocative dress, smoking a Cuban cigar, and was tagged “I Made it! I’m forever proud of myself! A BARRISTER & a STONER, sometimes a gangster. Celebrate with Me.”
Denying the post, Ms. Grant in a statement said it did not originate from her as she is neither on social media; and nor a Gangster.
The statement read: “My name is Ifunanya Excel Grant. I came across the article written about me on the barristerng.com website and I will like to make an official DISCLAIMER.
First and foremost the Facebook account where the displayed pictures were gotten from is not run by me. That account is a catfish account.”
According to the lawyer and model, the post is the handiwork of scammers who steal her pictures and create fake accounts pretending to be her.
“I am an Instagram model and a lot of scammers steal pictures from my page and create fake accounts pretending to be me just to scam people.
I am not on Facebook or any other social media app. The statement “I Made it! I’m forever proud of myself! A BARRISTER & a STONER, sometimes a gangster. Celebrate with Me” was not written by me.”
While clarifying that she is not a Gangster, she added that the picture with a cuban cigar was for modelling purposes, and not for her Call to Bar Celebration.
Grant who disclosed that she is currently not involved in legal practice of law warned the general public to be wary of those who want to tarnish her image.
“I AM NOT A GANGSTER or a stoner or anything of such. I was called to bar on the 28th of July, 2021. That was over a year ago.
“The pictures of me smoking my Cuban cigar (which is the only thing I smoke) was not a picture to celebrate my call to bar. I am an actress and a model.
“I do not practice law at the moment and those pictures are for modeling and acting purposes only.
I will not like anything to taint my career or tarnish my image.”
