Following Professor Chidi Odinkalu’s remarks on social media on purported judicial corruption, Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike chastised Odinkalu and questioned the validity of his legal and academic credentials. Wike voiced doubts about Odinkalu’s qualifications by speculatively posing questions about his affiliation with universities, his legal teaching experience, and his advocacy work.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
Wike implied that Odinkalu’s expertise is primarily seen on social media, casting doubt on his professional standing in the field of law. This statement comes in response to Odinkalu’s criticisms, which reportedly exposed judicial issues that Wike dismissed as lacking substantiation.
He said in a live coverage by Symfoni, “Somebody came to show me about one Write up where they said there was one professor that wrote… I asked him, ‘Professor of which university?’ Nobody knows, but he is a professor. They say he’s a professor of law. Where has he taught law? Nobody knows. Where has he advocated law? Nobody knows. But it’s only on social media that he’s a professor of law.”CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
