Key Points: Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mike Ozekhome, made a powerful statement at the NBA conference in Enugu, performing Fela Kuti's "Beasts of No Nation" to mock Nigeria's security agencies. His performance and speech established him as The Voice of Dissent on the issue of legal rights.
Key Points:
- Mike Ozekhome performed Fela's "Beasts of No Nation" at the NBA conference.
- He used the performance to criticize the government's security agencies.
- Ozekhome said security agencies protect the government, not citizens.
- He vowed that lawyers will continue to fight for their rights.
- He shared an account of how the EFCC seized his ₦75 million professional fees.
- Ozekhome said he sued the EFCC over the seized money and won the case.
- He argued that security agencies should target crimes, not lawyers' payments.
His public critique shows the legal community’s continued fight to protect its professional rights.
Sources: NBA Conference, Mike Ozekhome's speech
