A group, One Love Foundation (OLF), has challenged the eligibility of Barrister Nosa Edo Osagie, as the Chairman of the Benin branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).
In a statement signed by the President of the group, Chief Patrick Eholor, he alleged that “Edo Osagie is partisan being a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and
also an appointee of the Edo State Government in two capacities, first as a member of Edo State Private Property Protection Committee and also, a board member of the Edo State Public Procurement Agency.
“With the above development, we of One Love Foundation are alarmed that with an NBA Chairman whose bias is both political party based, and pro-government, the interests of members of the general public are grossly at danger, as NBA cannot be trusted not to compromise the law to favour it’s Chairman’s paymasters, the Government in one side and the PDP on the other.
“We therefore, are joining the voices of concern, strongly calling for the prompt resignation of Nosa Edo-Osagie either as NBA Chairman in Edo State, or resignation from the two boards, as well as the political party he belongs to, the PDP.
“As a voice of the voiceless, One Love Foundation will continue to sound this alarm, that Edo people at the moment are in grave danger of never getting justice, as long as Nosa Edo-Osagie remains the NBA Chairman, especially when a litigant is opposed to the Edo State Government or the Peoples Democratic Party in the state.
“Edo people are peace loving, love justice, and believe in fairness and the rule of law. But we do not believe that we are protected anymore with the biases of Edo-Osagie.”
Edo people in great danger of never getting justice, says group
