- Safiu Kehinde
Nigerian Human Rights activist and 2023 African Action Congress (AAC) Presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has tackled former Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, over his concern on the state of Nigerian legal system which he claimed to be on the brink over collapse.
Osinbajo had raised the alarm while speaking at the 2025 Law Week Plenary Session of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) held in Bayelsa State on Friday.
“The legal profession is crumbling under the weight of corruption, ethical violations, and poor standards.
“Stories of counsel acting as conduits for bribing judicial officers are rife. The perception that our system of justice is corrupt, and that both the Bar and Bench are culpable, is damaging enough.” the ex-Vice President had said.
Reacting to Osinbajo’s statement in a post on X, Sowore slammed the former Vice President as he recounted how the Department of State Service (DSS) violated court orders during the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
Sowore also faulted the appointment of Abubakar Malami (SAN) as the the country’s Chief Judge under the Buhari and Osinbajo regime.
The Sahara Reporter’s publisher also accused Osinbajo of maladministration during his tenure as Lagos State Attorney General under President Bola Tinubu who was then the state governor.
“Interestingly, these guys suddenly remember that things are bad after they leave the office; Professor Yemi Osinbajo @ProfOsinbajo was Muhammadu Buhari’s @MBuhari VP for 8 years; under their watch, DSS violated court orders, and their attorney general, Abubakar Malami, SAN, was one of the worst human beings ever to occupy that office.
“Buhari even attended an @NigBarAssoc conference and declared they couldn’t have the rule of law for the sake of “national security,” so they all clapped.
“But they could count on Nigerians to have forgotten; after all, they’ve been so pulverized they remember nothing.
“Not to forget that Prof was @officialabat Tinubu’s attorney general in Lagos while they did as they wished for eight years.” Sowore wrote.