jomoh:




Honestly these are the most sensible comments I've seen here. Other comments just reveals what Nigerians really are. Cowards and hypocrites.


Honestly I see alot of my self in this guy. Someone who never backs down from his believes. The only thing that makes him appear more stubborn is the fact that he is a law student who knows his rights in the ambit of the law. I will advise the guy to leave the shores of this oppressive country and go to a more organised environment.

ishowdotgmail:
Recall that on Saturday 22th July, 2017 there was a trending story of an Expelled Nigerian law school student, Olusegun Kayode Bello, who gave an account on why he was expelled.
The Nigerian Law school on Wednesday 26th July, 2017 released a detailed statement on why he was expelled from the institution.

Below reads the press statement from the Nigerian law school

STATEMENT ON MR. OLUSEGUN KAYODE BELLO – STUDENT EXPELLED FROM NIGERIAN LAW SCHOOL

Mr. Olusegun Kayode Bello applied for admission to the Nigerian Law School in July, 2012. His application form and Dean’s Reference revealed that he was rusticated from the Faculty of Law, University of Ibadan in the 2008/2009 Academic Session for disrupting the peace and tranquility of the University Campus. The Dean’s confidential report showed that he defied the authorities of the University and continued his programme without serving out the rustication period. It was when his defiance was discovered that he was forced to comply.
After his studentship was reinstated, he was unrepentant as the report indicated his further involvement in a case of gross misconduct (insubordination), which made the Board of the Faculty of Law to recommend him for further disciplinary action.

In line with the extant policy at the Nigerian Law School, the candidate’s application for admission in 2012 was referred to the Council of Legal Education, which resolved that the candidate should only be considered for admission in the 2016/2017 School Year in view of his negative antecedent in the University.

Invariably, he applied for admission in 2016. When he was eventually to be offered admission in October 2016, the Council of Legal Education further directed that he should be issued a letter of warning, to avoid any acts of misconduct and indiscipline while at the Nigerian Law School; and that his admission was on probation, subject to good character.

Sometime in March 2017, there was a report of an altercation between him and one of his female colleagues over a preferred seat in the venue of lecture.

The report from his colleagues was that a female student left the hall to visit the toilet. In her absence, Mr. Bello left his seat at the rear of the hall and took the seat of the absent student. All entreaties of the Auditorium Marshall, the Chairman of the Students Representative Council (S.R.C.) and other students fell on deaf ears. It was further reported that Mr. Bello nearly went into a scuffle with the female student on her return from the rest room.

Because of his disorderly behavior, a query was issued to him by the Head of Students Affairs Department. Rather than addressing the issues, he went into irrelevant narration, alleging bias by the officials.

Thereafter, he went on to procure and print on a polo shirt inciting inscriptions and embarked on a solo protest around the School premises. He followed this with a petition against the “Head, Control Room”, addressed to the Secretary to the Council of Legal Education and Director of Administration, which he circulated to the whole world, including the Secretary-General of the United Nations and Amnesty International.

His continued disruptive behavour raised concern among his colleagues. In consequence, the Students Representative Council issued a disclaimer of his actions which was addressed to the Head of Academics on March 21, 2017 and read in part as follows:

“This is to bring to your notice that the S.R.C…………….distances itself totally from the unnecessary and inordinate acts of one Mr. Kayode Bello. This is coming after the S.R.C. through the appropriate Committee met with the said Mr. Kayode Bello to aggregate interest, but he walked out on the Committee.”

Following the disclaimer and Mr. Bello’s continued acts of intransigence and nuisance in the hostel, the Students Affairs Officer issued him with another query, but he refused to accept it. Considering his estranged relationship with his colleagues; and to avoid any break down of law and peaceful co-existence, a letter of advise was written to him to vacate the Hostel in his interest. Mr. Bello however refused to accept the letter.

Instead, he went to the Bwari Divisional Police Station to lay a complaint of criminal intimidation against the management of the Nigerian Law School, seeking the arrest of all the officers. He further urged the Police to invite the Chairman, Council of Legal Education for interrogation.

Consequently, he was invited, along with the female student he had an altercation with, the Chairman of the Students Representative Council and the Auditorium Marshall, to appear before the Students Misconduct Committee, for various infractions of the Students Code of Conduct. Even though he received the letter of invitation, he refused to acknowledge receipt of it and failed to appear before the Committee, despite repeated invitations.

At conclusion of its deliberations, the Committee found Mr. Bello liable of the allegations against him. It noted that:

“The Council of Legal Education was magnanimous in its decision to approve the admission of Mr. Bello to the Nigerian Law School, despite the adverse report from his University.” It further noted that: “Mr. Bello lacks the core attributes, disposition and comportment of an aspirant to the Bar.”

It therefore recommended his expulsion from the Nigerian Law School.
The report of the Committee was considered by the Council of Legal Education at its meeting of July 11, 2017, which approved the recommendations accordingly.

The decision of the Council of Legal Education was delivered to Mr. Bello, but he refused to accept the letter and further refused to vacate the Students Hostel as he was directed. Instead, he armed himself with an iron rod and threatened to injure whoever went near him. The security personnel left him alone, to avoid a situation in which any of them would be injured by Mr. Bello.

He was eventually sighted in the Library unarmed, as a result of which the Security Operatives were able to escort him to the Bwari Divisional Police Station. The Police later brought him to the hostel to evacuate his belongings.

Mr. Bello’s penchant for misbehaviour was also recently brought to the fore via the letter from the Principal Partner (a Senior Advocate of Nigeria), of the Law Firm to which he was attached, during the just concluded Externship exercise by all students of the Nigerian Law School. The Firm was constrained to terminate his stay there even before the period expired because of Mr. Bello’s incorrigible behaviour. The letter went thus:

“We write to inform you that your conduct during the period of your externship in our Law Firm is highly unbecoming of a person aspiring to be a legal practitioner. You have demonstrated little or no respect to the leadership and personnel of the firm. As an aspiring legal practitioner, your conduct is expected to be Fit and Proper. We are therefore constrained to reject your continuation of the externship and hereby wish to inform you that you leave the office forthwith.”

The Nigerian Law School and the legal profession, to which he aspired to belong, do not condone the type of behavior constantly exhibited by Mr. Bello.

On facilities at the Nigerian Law School, it is worthy of note that the Main Hall of the Nigerian Law School in the Bwari, Abuja has more than enough seats for all registered students. The position is the same in the other Campuses of Nigerian Law School.

Therefore, the basis for the conflict precipitated by Mr. Bello, by leaving his seat and moving over to that occupied by a fellow student was unfortunate. The Nigerian Law School has sufficient capacity to cope with students projection for the foreseeable future.



http://thenigerialawyer.com/just-in-law-school-gives-their-own-account-on-kayode-bellos-expulsion/

IamaNigerianGuy:
Am I the only person who cannot see a concrete case against this Bello fellow ?
Seems to me like the law school authorities are just making things up as they go along and looking for all sorts of reasons to punish the guy: he took someone's seat, he printed t-shirts in protest, he refused to answer queries, he had problems in his undergrad years, his principal sacked him bla bla bla.
The sum of their arguments seems to be against his non-conformism.
What is his main and concrete offence ?

UgoFly:



It's either both of you didn't read this post, read it but couldn't understand or just chose not to have sense. If you ve ever been near this boy, you ll know that even this letter belittled the whole scenario. I would advise you to look for someone presently studying in Law school Bwari and ask about him. Except you people are like him in thinking tho

saintandsinnerz:

No, it didn't, it rather proves the bias I'm talking about. Based on your response, it clearly shows that the NLS is already prejudiced and bias against his person. So, it can be concluded that their action was informed by the bias they already have against him.

oz4real83:
I am ashamed if this is coming from a school that trains our lawyers. It is a case of victimization. Why will u give a warning letter when he hasnt committed any crime? All his crimes were done in the university environment. If the university deemed it fit to have allowed him to graduate and did all his clearance,why would the law school bring up the issue again? Why declare him already guilty in the law school when he hasnt been accused of any crime within the law school? His actions were predicated by the actions of the law school.

AreaFada2:

Lol @ who will die a Gulder?

meforyou1:
u listed his offences, yet say u didnt see his offence

MRLANNISTER:


According to you, these rights include taking up a fellow student's seat when they go to the toilet?

saintandsinnerz:

Ok, so in your opinion, the squabble he had with the said girl was enough to expel him if not that the school is already biased against him? Will they expel another student for such an offence?

idyicy45:
I can remember oniofiok Luke (present speaker akwa ibom state house of assembly) a law student and also sug president university of uyo back then .this guy case is not worst compare how our then vc akpan Ekpo frustrated oniofiok Luke from graduating because he was not in support of the school tyranny.. Thank God senator Gods will akpabio had to lift him up ..the story long shaa

irynterri:
From this write up it is quite obvious that this lad unlike the average Nigerian is not willing to "adapt" or "suffer and smile",he knows his right and still fights to get it without fear of repercussions,if we had a million of him in this country, our politicians would not be this useless, I was expecting UI to state why he disturbed "public peace" and why he was charged for "insubordination" but they smartly avoided it.Mr man, you are destined for great things,they can't stop your shine, go into politics and be the change we need, then they will come begging at your feet.

spidermans:
. Jomo ,you just spoke my mind; all I see here is just a bunch of cowards and hypocrites as you have rightly said. My perception of the purported unruly behaviour is just mere fabricated lies in an attempt to deal with him, he must have stepped on toes ( this guy doesn't seem an a*s lick*r). Associations in Nigeria are worse than most cult groups out there (NBA not an exception) ,and they will go to any length to destroy his career ;worse still is the attitude of Nigerians... they sit in the corner of their room, folding their arms and comment : 'somebody out there will do something about the problems in our society'. Cowards!

MRLANNISTER:


According to you, these rights include taking up a fellow student's seat when they go to the toilet?

UgoFly:



It's either both of you didn't read this post, read it but couldn't understand or just chose not to have sense. If you ve ever been near this boy, you ll know that even this letter belittled the whole scenario. I would advise you to look for someone presently studying in Law school Bwari and ask about him. Except you people are like him in thinking tho

Sholeyb:
I will comment from a lawyer's perspective. I am a dual qualified lawyer; Nigeria and the UK, the reason I mention this will become obvious below. The fundamental issue here is about his conduct or the 'fit and proper test' for persons in the legal profession. The first 'breach' as it were, was when there was an altercation between him and the lady. As a lawyer, your conduct must always be above reproach. That is why both of them were invited to the Panel not just him. Both of them allegedly did not act in a fit and proper manner, if they engaged in an altercation. Secondly, he did not honour the invitation of the Law school panel; that to me is the second contravention. With regard to the t-shirt, I am of the view that this was within his human right to protest and should not have been an issue with the Law school as long as it was peaceful. On the other hand, having attended Bwari law school, I know there is a strict dress code and his t-shirt would probably have contravened the dress code, (breach no3). I will not go on and on about further breaches. The point, I am making is this; if you want to become a lawyer, there are high moral standards you are expected to adhere to. In the UK, for example, if you owe money, are caught cheating in exams, have been expelled from a school previously; have a motoring offence e.g. speeding, more than likely, you may be prevented from becoming a lawyer. I am in no way siding with either party as I do not have the full fact facts before me. I am merely setting out the code for Lawyers so people understand why the law school acted the way it did. However, if I were to be a judge sitting on this case, I would give some credit to the law School for accepting his application despite the negative report from his University. I don't know for certain what exactly went on, but from a legal perspective of 'the balance of probabilities', this guy's history suggests he may not be a fit and proper person to become a lawyer. Like I said, I am looking at this from a lawyer's perspective not necessarily a moral perspective. Law they say is amoral.

oz4real83:
I am ashamed if this is coming from a school that trains our lawyers. It is a case of victimization. Why will u give a warning letter when he hasnt committed any crime? All his crimes were done in the university environment. If the university deemed it fit to have allowed him to graduate and did all his clearance,why would the law school bring up the issue again? Why declare him already guilty in the law school when he hasnt been accused of any crime within the law school? His actions were predicated by the actions of the law school.

salveoP:
Watch out for dis guy, he would be called to bar if not dis year, next year. His stubbornness has taken him dis far, he may become a govt official in d future. Watch out!!

saintandsinnerz:


Can just stop with this your wack judgement already! So, you're already condemning him based on what the NLS said about him? Have you heard his own side of the story? From the story, it is already clear that the NLS is negatively biased against him and they manifested it in their action. Ask yourself if they would have expelled another student based on the flimsy excuse of having a petty altercation with another student. Not judging anybody but I think the guy was not treated fairly and that is my major concern.