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Suspend boarding system for girls in North-East, NBA tells FG

Following the abduction of about 110 schoolgirls from the Government Girls’ Technical and Science School in Dapchi, Yobe State, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has called on the Federal Government to suspend the system of boarding school facility for girls in the North-East of the country.

Speaking at the special valedictory court session held in honour of a retired female justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Clara Bata Ogunbiyi, President of the NBA, A.B Mahmoud (SAN) called on the Federal Government to facilitate the safe return of the said girls.

The Bar equally condemned the abduction of the Dapchi schoolgirls. Mahmoud advised both the state and federal governments to suspend boarding school system for girls in the region until the safety of all schools can be fully guaranteed.

He lamented that the region, as at today, is one of the most unsafe parts of the world for the education of female children.
Earlier, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen; Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), and other legal luminaries had paid glowing tributes to the third female Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Ogunbiyi, who bowed out of service yesterday after attaining the mandatory retirement age of 70 for judges.

The special valedictory court session was held at the headquarters of the Supreme Court in Abuja.

The CJN commended Ogunbiyi for her forthrightness, honesty and dedication to the business of the court, adding that Ogunbiyi neither shirked her task nor wavered from the course of justice.

“I find that her Lordship’s use of clear legal reasoning is complimented by the impeccable courtroom courtesy and decorum, with which she addressed both the Bar and her colleagues.

“Her temperament endeared her to the court and her selflessness often spoke volumes. I dare say that these twin virtues represent the best of the legal profession and are, indeed, worthy of acceptance and emulation by all members of the Bar and the Bench,” Onnoghen said.

The CJN, however, noted that the judiciary will miss her with her measured and erudite contributions and her active advocacy of women’s right, adding that her legacy will endure in the annals of the jurisprudence of the nation.
“Hon. Mr. Justice Ogunbiyi is a champion of gender rights and an advocate of the greater inclusion of women in the affairs of our nation,” he said.

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Similarly, Malami eulogized Ogunbiyi for her track records in the judiciary.

“I must, however, place on record her contribution to the evolution of our vision of a fast and efficient criminal justice system, which abhors undue delays, through her lead ruling in the Olisa Metuh matter where the applicant had sought to enforce a stay of proceedings in his trial before the Federal High Court,” the AGF said.

NBA President, Mahmoud, eulogized Ogunbiyi for her brilliant judicial pronouncements, which, according to him, had loosened womanhood from cultural bandage, particular her decision in Ukeje vs Ukeje which gave female children right of inheritance to her deceased father or husband property in Igbo land.

In her valedictory speech, Justice Ogunbiyi revealed that there are numerous appeals that should never come to the Supreme Court.

She noted that for the apex court to achieve expected results, it should not be overburdened with interlocutory appeals.

“Interlocutory appeals should all terminate at the Court of Appeal domain. Supreme Court, as the final court of the land, should perform at its best. If the justices are overburdened, they cannot achieve their optimum,” she said.

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