By Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja
Dear Olumide Sofowora, SAN, Secretary, Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN), Sir,
Today, Tuesday, 7th October 2025, will remain an indelible day, forever etched in my mind.
After the over one hour telephone call, I was educated about the on-going cleansing that BOSAN is undertaking away from the scrutiny of the media.
Just like so many lawyers, I had no idea that quietly and silently the long-awaited cleansing of the legal profession had begun, and that it had begun from the highest echelon of the legal profession.
I shudder at how BOSAN selected a previously “untouchable” as a scapegoat to set the example!!!
It is reassuring, all hope is not lost after all, as we used to think.
Permit me to use this opportunity to thank Chief Niyi Akintola, SAN the litigator per excellence who is on record as the first Nigerian lawyer to overturn the impeachment of former Governor Ladoja of Oyo State. Hon. Muyiwa Inakoju & Ors v. Hon. A. A. Adeleke & Ors (2007) 4 NWLR (Pt 1025) 423.
There is light indeed at the end of this tunnel of the Nigerian legal profession!!!
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja,
7th October 2025.
