Our visit was for a specific political purpose. It was to sell the candidacy of Oludare Akande (then running for 2nd Vice- President NBA Ikeja) to the Kaduna chair.
Inevitably the talks drifted to include the mention of Joseph Bodunrin Daudu S.A.N. It was understandable; Daudu is of the Kaduna Bar and was running for President of the Bar that year. Those of us who were present at the meeting can never forget the utterly fantastic manner, Olowokere poured praise on Daudu. This was how Olowokere described Daudu.
“Yes it is true that Daudu may not be too good at interacting with people but you see when he sits down like this that is wisdom sitting down. Solutions would just start coming”.
From that day henceforth, our group of Tigers got a nickname for Daudu-: “Mr. Wisdom.” However I did not see much wisdom in Mr. Daudu when he was defending the retention of Mr. Dele Oye as NBA Prosecutor before the Body of Benchers.
Responding to criticisms from Mr. Femi Falana on Oye’s continous role as NBA prosecutor- Mr. Daudu said as much as follows-:
“As at today, Mr. Dele Oye has not been charged to Court for any criminal offence or convicted so the N.B.A cannot remove him from the job as our prosecutor. It is the man, who could advice himself on the matter and resign.
By the way, who is Dele Oye? Oye to the best of our Gecko knowledge is at least:
A legal practitioner called to the Bar in 1989.
Lead Prosecutor for the N.B.A at the Body of Benchers Disciplinary Committee. Became prosecutor in 2001.
Was seriously involved, implicated and compromised as a front and conduct pipe in the utterly messy and scandalous money laundering and bank looting crimes of Mrs. Cecilia Ibru.
Fled Nigeria in 2009, for almost a year when declared wanted by the EFCC over Oceanic Bank Fraud and mismanagement.
No doubt, a character with a warped reputation like Dele Oye has no business prosecuting again for an organization like the N.B.A. I think the chiefest professional claims of the legal society has on virtues of integrity, decency and probity.
The legal status of Dele Oye, in the light of the Plea Bargain Agreement of his Criminal Principal the godly ungodly Cecilia Ibru with the Federal Government may be unclear to the likes of Mr. J.B Daudu, despite his silk gown.
But even Mr. Wisdom himself cannot claim he is in doubt about the moral status of Dele Oye.
There is a proverb that says "just a tad of excreta at the edge of a plate of gbegiri (bean soup) spoils the cuisine. For, even if the eye over looks the mind will not”.
A prosecutor must not only be an innocent person himself, he must have no shadow of integrity. Especially so when the prosecutor is prosecuting for the association of lawyers in Disciplinary matters.
J.B Daudu unwittingly mocks himself when he said it was for Dele Oye to excuse himself from the NBA prosecution job.
Dele Oye never appointed himself to the job, and so he is merely an agent of the N.B.A. So why has the N.B.A under J.B Daudu find it impossible or unjust to remove Dele Oye? If Dele Oye has no shame or self respect for himself and do the needful, why is the same shamelessness afflicting the N.B.A ? This more so, when J.B Daudu is pretending or purporting to begin a campaign against corruption in the Judiciary.
As at today, if you call Dele Oye,Dele Ole in front of those who are aware of shady deals and interactions with Cecilia Ibru’s Oceanic Bank, only a few will be surprised.
Yet Dele 'Oye' means Dele 'Honour' or 'Titled' while Dele 'Ole' means Dele 'Thief.' Why should such a character find any defence from the president of the Bar Association? Mr. Wisdom indeed!
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