Asharafiy01
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Asharafiy01
@sharafdeen_f
LL.B | BL. in view | ABUsite | Corporate Ustadh....
Lagos, Nigeria Katılım Ekim 2016
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@sharafdeen_f @AdeolaYAYI @woye1 @OfficialAPCNg I won't be surprised. but how can he be so lucky to be a Rep.member for 8yrs and now want to be a Senator.
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Today, I joined other @OfficialAPCNg party faithful Ilaro Ward 1, Yewa South LGA, Ogun State to elect a senatorial candidate for Ogun West Senatorial District. My ward overwhelmingly elected Hon. Jimoh Ojugbele to fly the flag of APC for Ogun West.




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@tundeglasses I thought Deputy Governor is the consensus candidate from from West?
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Aketan …madaru ni e .
Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola YAYI. CON, FCA@AdeolaYAYI
Today, I joined other @OfficialAPCNg party faithful Ilaro Ward 1, Yewa South LGA, Ogun State to elect a senatorial candidate for Ogun West Senatorial District. My ward overwhelmingly elected Hon. Jimoh Ojugbele to fly the flag of APC for Ogun West.
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@realfemiabiodun @AdeolaYAYI @OfficialAPCNg Commissioner for women affairs, if there is anything like that
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@AdeolaYAYI @OfficialAPCNg Ahhhh....What will happen to NSO?
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@MrAkinwande19 @AdeolaYAYI @OfficialAPCNg GNI is going back to HoR.
Appointment ni Anty Noimot magba
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@AdeolaYAYI @OfficialAPCNg Ati Noimotu, ati GNI o...won ti gberu everybody lati eyin 😂😂
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@chammytops @AdeolaYAYI @woye1 @OfficialAPCNg He's just a lucky man. Nothing for him to show for all the years in the legislative house.
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@AdeolaYAYI @woye1 @OfficialAPCNg This Jimoh Ojugbele must be a performing person, he was a Rep. Member for 8yrs, now contesting as a Senator! O ga ooo.
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@AuthenticLagos @MogajiLummy @TheYemiKing @Sir_BenBoye She was unprepared for her role, failed to establish a good legacy, and wasted 2 terms without any reasonable achievements, acting more as a ceremonial DG.
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@MogajiLummy @AuthenticLagos @TheYemiKing @Sir_BenBoye She can't use jaz to get it.
1st, Ota has secured HoR ticket, both Senate and HoR ticket can't stay in Ota.
2nd, mama no get popularity at all.. she has no goodwill in Ota.
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@AuthenticLagos @TheYemiKing @Sir_BenBoye Aaaaaaah! What exactly is happening in Ogun state ? NOS won't get the ticket with the look of things o
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@Simply_Dera1 @egi_nupe See how you embarrassed yourself publicly 😭
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An S.A.N was trying to introduce me to a managing partner of a tier1 law firm today and he the person didn’t quite get it by my actual name. Then the S.A.N said: are you on X, do you know foundational Nupe lawyer? And the man immediately said: oh I know him. That’s you? See as you are so gentle in real life. Nobody would have thought you’re this calm in person o. 😀😀😀
Abeg, what kind of vibe do I give online? Am I not gentle and calm here too?
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In many legal discussions online, especially on platforms like X, there’s a recurring gatekeeping tactic: “You’re not a lawyer, so you can’t argue this with me.” “I can never argue law with non-lawyers” “those lawyers arguing law with non-lawyers are jobless” This line is often deployed the moment a non-lawyer challenges a position, cites a statute, or points out inconsistencies. It’s not just unhelpful; it’s intellectually lazy, unnecessarily superior, and fundamentally anti-truth.
Law is not some mystical priesthood accessible only to those with a BL or LLB certificate. It is a public framework of rules, principles, precedents, and interpretations designed to govern society. Its texts, constitutions, statutes, and case law; are published for everyone to read. Courts exist to interpret them openly. We’ve repeatedly seen lawyers make misleading submissions in public debates, only for non-lawyers to correct them with the accurate position of the law.
Examples abound:
1. A lawyer confidently misstates the requirements for a valid contract, ignoring basic elements like offer, acceptance, consideration, and intention to create legal relations only for a businessperson or student who’s read the relevant sections of the Contract Act or Sale of Goods Act to point it out.
2. Senior Advocates arguing procedural points on social media while conveniently omitting key Supreme Court or Court of Appeal decisions that directly contradict them until a diligent researcher drops the citation.
3. Constitutional interpretations twisted to fit political narratives, where lay readers armed with the exact wording of Sections 1, 4, 5, or 315 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) expose the sleight of hand.
This doesn’t mean every non-lawyer is right. Far from it. Many arguments from laypeople are flawed, emotional, or based on incomplete information. But the same applies to lawyers!
We’ve seen bad lawyering, cherry-picking, confirmation bias, and outright errors from people with decades at the Bar. A robe doesn’t confer infallibility. Competence is proven by the strength of reasoning and fidelity to the law, not by title.
Dismissing non-lawyers wholesale achieves three negative things:
a. It stifles learning and public education. When lawyers engage seriously with informed lay critics, everyone benefits, the lawyer sharpens their arguments, the public learns nuances, and the discourse improves.
b. It breeds arrogance. The legal profession already struggles with public perception as elitist. Gatekeeping reinforces the stereotype that lawyers are out of touch and more interested in status than justice or clarity.
c. It weakens the rule of law. A healthy legal culture requires an informed citizenry. Citizens who understand bail rights, fundamental rights enforcement, land tenure, electoral laws, or criminal procedure are better equipped to demand accountability from government, police, and the judiciary itself.
This doesn’t mean all opinions are equal. Expertise matters. A lawyer with years of practice will generally have deeper contextual knowledge, procedural mastery, and awareness of judicial trends. But expertise should invite rigorous challenge, not shield one from it. The best lawyers welcome sharp questions because truth-seeking is the goal, not winning internet points.
To non-lawyers: Study diligently. Cite primary sources (statutes, reported cases). Avoid speculation. Ask clarifying questions. Your contribution is valuable when it’s evidence-based.
To lawyers: Drop the superiority reflex. If your position is sound, it should withstand scrutiny from anyone who reads the same law. When corrected accurately, acknowledge it graciously, it builds credibility, not diminishes it. The law belongs to the people; we are merely its trained interpreters.
True confidence in the law doesn’t fear open debate. It thrives on it. The moment we treat legal discussion as a closed guild, we move away from justice toward legalism for its own sake.
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