ICMC Vice President Of Training To Serve As A Moderator During The ICMC 2019 ADR Conference

The 2019 ADR Conference, Induction & 20th Anniversary Dinner
of the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (ICMC)
themed “ICMC at 20: A trajectory of Mediation Practice and
Grassroots Conflict Transformation in Nigeria”, is scheduled to
hold on the 3rd of December, 2019 in Abuja.

Amb. Victor A.A.A. Ojaide, the Vice President of Training of the
Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators, will be
moderating the panel session on the Singapore Mediation
Convention.

OJAIDE V. A. A. A. is a dynamic and acclaimed self-style
Mediator. He holds a first and second degree in Education and
Masters of Business Administration (MBA), and also holds a Business
Certificate from the L. D. S. London Business School.

He is a prolific Teacher and an acclaimed Motivational Speaker
and Trainer; imparting practical experience in real dynamics in the
area and practice of Mediation.

OJAIDE V. A. A. A. has international Certification in Conflict
Resolution. He is a Member of the Institute of Conflict Analysis
and Resolution (USA), a member of the Academy of Professional
Family Mediators (USA), and a Member of Mediators Beyond Borders
International.

He has several fulfilling and successful interests, thus He is
the Executive Chairman of SAPPHIRE BUILDERS and the Principal
Executive of J. M. ELDON & ASSOCIATES; a firm of ADR and Human
Resource Consultants. He consults for some of the biggest
Multinationals in Nigeria operating in the Niger Delta Area
especially in the Oil and Gas Sector. He has presided in some of
the most complicated Mediation cases in the Niger Delta Area.

He is a Member of the Governing Council of the Edo State
Multi-Door Court and a Member of the Panel of Neutrals.

OJAIDE also sits as Member of the Panel of Neutrals of the Delta
State Multi-Door Court.

He presided over the first court referred cases ever done in
both the Edo and Delta State Multi-Door Courts with a Settlement
Agreement and is a lead Neutral therein.

He was appointed a Member of the Screening Committee to select
and evaluate professionals to be appointed into the Panel of
Neutrals of the Edo State Multi-Door Court.

OJAIDE has helped and led in the Formation, Training and Setting
up of several Multi-Door Courts in Nigeria.

He is a Group Member of the ADR Section of the American Bar
Association and also a Member of the Panel of Neutrals of the
Dispute Resolution Centre of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and
Industry.

He is a Fellow and Member of the Governing Council of the
Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (ICMC) and the
Vice President; Training. He also sits as the Chairman of the
Training Committee of the Institute coordinating consented efforts
and improving standards.

He is a Member of the Council of Ambassadors for Peace and
Unification.

He is a devote family man.

To register for the 2019 ADR Conference, kindly visit
https://icmcng.org/portal

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SERAP writes Archbishop of Canterbury, Buhari’s Friend
over Sowore’s case

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has
sent an open letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Most Revd
Justin Portal Welby urging him to use his good offices and
leadership and his “friendship with President Muhammadu Buhari to
prevail on him to obey court orders most recently involving
activists Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare who remain in arbitrary
detention despite a court order for their release.”

SERAP expressed “serious concerns about the disturbing trends by
state governments and federal government to use the court as a tool
to suppress citizens’ human rights.”

In the letter dated 11 November 2019 and signed by SERAP deputy
director Kolawole Oluwadare, the organization said: “We believe you
can use your leadership position and influence to persuade
President Buhari to promote the rule of law in words and in action
by obeying all court orders including the order for the releasing
of Mr Sowore and Mr Bakare from arbitrary detention.”

SERAP also said, “As the senior bishop and principal leader of
the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican
Communion, we believe you can reaffirm your belief in justice, rule
of law and the basic human rights of all people by speaking out
with a strong voice against the repeated disobedience of court
orders and the implicitly lack of respect by the government for the
integrity and authority of the Nigerian judiciary.”

The letter read in part: “Taking a stance on the issues of the
rule of law and respect for court orders in Nigeria will also
contribute to ensuring respect for human rights and the rule of law
by the 36 state governments in Nigeria, as these governments seem
to be taking their cue from the federal authorities regarding
disobedience of court orders.”

“Journalist and activist Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare are
facing trial on seven counts of treasonable felony, fraud,
cyber-stalking and insulting President Muhammadu Buhari, simply for
exercising their human rights. Mr Sowore, was arrested on August 3
by Nigeria’s State Security Service (SSS) for planning a
protest.”

“Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu granted Sowore and Bakare bail but the
security agents have continued to refuse to release them despite
being served with the court orders. This refusal implicitly
violates the defendants’ constitutional rights to presumption of
innocence.”

“We therefore respectfully call on you to speak out on the
repeated disobedience of court orders by the government of
President Muhammadu Buhari and urge him to obey all court orders
including the orders for the release of Mr Sowore and Mr Bakare
from arbitrary detention.”

Specifically, SERAP asked Most Revd Justin Portal Welby to:

• Clearly and publicly condemn lack of respect for the rule of
law and court orders in Nigeria

• Call for the release of Mr Sowore and Mr Bakare from detention
as ordered by the court

• Call for greater legal protections for human rights activists
and journalists in Nigeria who are simply exercising their right to
freedom of expression and working to hold their leaders to
account.

Kolawole Oluwadare
SERAP Deputy Director