Senior Advocate of the Masses
I have watched closely enough to realize that being an advocate is no longer restricted to legal practitioners dressed in apparel, working in a law firm and handling lawsuits in the court of law. At some point in life, one will need one of these advocates to speak for the masses where there is an infringement on citizens’ rights. Only a few persons are in that position advocating for Nigerians without being in the court of law or panel of judges. I remember as far back as June 2005 in Abuja, the unfortunate police brutality case of six Nigerian youths that needed a strong voice from the presidency but there was no one to get the “Apo six” justice. Hence it was swept under the carpet. Fortunately, we now have a member of the presidency who has fashioned out a perpetual solution to this societal ill that arose again in October 2020. 15 years down the line, the “Apo six” families each got compensation of ₦200 million after a fair hearing from the judicial panel of inq...