OAU Welcomes Paul Usoro Home, As He Braces Ile-Ife Law Week As Lead Speaker

Nearly 37 years after, Paul Usoro SAN is back in Ile-Ife again,
as a guest speaker at the Law Week of the NBA, Ile-Ife Branch.
The event was held earlier today, the 15th of February 2018 at the
OAU Conference Centre, Ile-Ife. Interestingly the Learned Silk
studied Law at the Obafemi Awolowo University (previously known as
the University, Ile-Ife), Osun State, Nigeria. He obtained his
Bachelor of Laws degree (with Honors) in 1981.

As a student of the University of Ife, Paul stood out with
principled qualities as the President of the prestigious Law
student’s society.

A young Paul Usoro as the leader of the Law society was very
active displaying a fearless and pro-active front that indeed was
unique to his being. He went on to set up his own firm in 1985
which has grown from strength to strength becoming one of Nigeria’s
leading Law firms under his leadership.

Paul Usoro (SAN) while speaking on the theme of the Law Week –
Integrity of the Bar and Bench as a Panacea of Socio-economic
Development in Nigeria, defined the operative words of Integrity
and Panacea and stated some human and institutional factors that do
denigrate the integrity of the Bar.

According to him, the human factors include personal integrity
and indiscipline of Bar men especially as it relates to the way
they practice while the Institutional factors include judiciary’s
financial dependence on the executive, government’s undue
interference and subversion of the rule of law, weak regulatory
framework, poor educational system and poor remuneration of
judicial officers.

Paul Usoro, SAN and Prof S B
Odunsi, Dean of Faculty of Law, Obafemi Awolowo University

He also listed some consequences lack of Integrity of the Bar
& Bench such as delayed justice, civil unrest and disturbances;
subversion of the cause of justice by the government such as the
recent arrest of judicial officers: loss of confidence in the
judiciary and the justice administration system and capital flight
as investors prefer climes where they are likely to face less
challenges.

According to him all of these problems may not necessarily be
the fault of those administering justice as they are
institutional.

Paul Usoro, SAN and Dr Michael
Adeleke

The event was graced with the presence of other dignitaries.
Prof. S. B Odunsi was the moderator with the Executive governor of
Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbosola, Rotimi Akeredolu SAN, Senator
Babatunde Owoworare, amongst others as special guests.

Nearly 37 years after, Paul Usoro SAN is back in Ile-Ife again,
as a guest speaker at the Law Week of the NBA, Ile-Ife Branch.

The event was held earlier today, the 15th of February 2018 at the
OAU Conference Centre, Ile-Ife. Interestingly the Learned Silk
studied Law at the Obafemi Awolowo University (previously known as
the University, Ile-Ife), Osun State, Nigeria. He obtained his
Bachelor of Laws degree (with Honors) in 1981.

As a student of the University of Ife, Paul stood out with
principled qualities as the President of the prestigious Law
student’s society.

A young Paul Usoro as the leader of the Law society was very
active displaying a fearless and pro-active front that indeed was
unique to his being. He went on to set up his own firm in 1985
which has grown from strength to strength becoming one of Nigeria’s
leading Law firms under his leadership.

Paul Usoro (SAN) while speaking on the theme of the Law Week –
Integrity of the Bar and Bench as a Panacea of Socio-economic
Development in Nigeria, defined the operative words of Integrity
and Panacea and stated some human and institutional factors that do
denigrate the integrity of the Bar.

According to him, the human factors include personal integrity
and indiscipline of Bar men especially as it relates to the way
they practice while the Institutional factors include judiciary’s
financial dependence on the executive, government’s undue
interference and subversion of the rule of law, weak regulatory
framework, poor educational system and poor remuneration of
judicial officers.

Paul Usoro, SAN and Prof S B
Odunsi, Dean of Faculty of Law, Obafemi Awolowo University

He also listed some consequences lack of Integrity of the Bar
& Bench such as delayed justice, civil unrest and disturbances;
subversion of the cause of justice by the government such as the
recent arrest of judicial officers: loss of confidence in the
judiciary and the justice administration system and capital flight
as investors prefer climes where they are likely to face less
challenges.

According to him all of these problems may not necessarily be
the fault of those administering justice as they are
institutional.

Paul Usoro, SAN and Dr Michael
Adeleke

The event was graced with the presence of other dignitaries.
Prof. S. B Odunsi was the moderator with the Executive governor of
Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbosola, Rotimi Akeredolu SAN, Senator
Babatunde Owoworare, amongst others as special guests.