19th April, 2018
Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), the Lagos branch, on Thursday said it would visit the Ikoyi and Kirikiri prisons to show support for inmates as part of activities for the 2018 Law week.
The Chairman of the Law Week Planning Committee, Mr Tola Oshobi (SAN), told newsmen in Lagos that the prison visitation was aimed at making provisions for the inmates to help improve their quality of lives.
He said that the week, with the theme: “Human Capital and the Legal Profession in the 21st Century” is scheduled to hold from May 5 to May 11.
Oshobi said that apart from the prisons visit, the week also include sessions such as health walk, health screening, registration of lawyers for the National Identity Card, technical sessions and a forum for the young lawyers.
On the prisons visit, Oshobi said: “We will be giving out some gift items to the inmates and make legal representations to some of them, where necessary,”
He said that if the NBA found reasons to make recommendations to the Chief Judge, the Attorney General or the prison authorities, it would do so as part of ways to aid in prison decongestion.
Also speaking on the conference, the Chairman of the Lagos branch of the NBA, Mr Chukwuka Ikwuazom, said that the various sessions would be anchored by versatile lawyers in Lagos, while there would be a social event for the older lawyers in the NBA.
“The human right arm of the NBA ensures provisions of free legal services for indigent prisons inmates, as this year’s law week celebration was a slight deviation from the previous years’ activities.,’’ Ikwuazom said.
He said that some of the dignitaries expected at the event include judges, senior lawyers and some legal luminaries from some international bodies.