Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, has emerged the winner of the Hon. Justice Innocent Umezulike National Law Debate Competition 2023. The competition had four stages keenly contested by undergraduate law students from over 20 law faculties across the country. The winners received a combined N350,000 cash prize, award plaques, certificates of excellence and law books.

The national debate is for law students across accredited law faculties in Nigeria. Its purpose is to promote excellent legal education, research, critical thinking and advocacy for upcoming lawyers, arming them with choice skills needed for a successful career in law/legal practice. Additionally, the debate themes, topics, arguments and outcomes serve as outlets for intellectual reasoning, advocacy and activism by young minds creating awareness on topical issues of national relevance with the aim of providing insight into its solutions.

The final round was between OOU (Team Diamond) and University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus (UNEC) (Team Beryl) with OOU represented by Wuraola Okuneye and Runsewe Oluwakemi emerging as the winner and UNEC represented by Ugochukwu Precious Nmesonma and Eze Nwakaego Ogochukwu emerging as the 1st runner up. Ogochukwu of UNEC emerged as the Best Speaker in the competition.

The first part of the award presentation was recently held in the OOU Law Faculty boardroom. In attendance was the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Agboola Ayodeji; the Dean, Faculty of Law, Dr. Gbade Akinrimade, some other distinguished lecturers and administrative staff of the Faculty, the awardees, their team and select students. Also present was the Foundation’s Associate Head of Legal and Research, Ruth Soronnadi.

The 2nd part of the award presentation held at UNEC was attended by the Dean, Prof. Ifeoma Enemo; the Sub Dean, Dr. Helen Agu, the Faculty Officer, the student awardees and their team members.

The Vice Chancellor of OOU, the Faculty Deans, lecturers and the student awardees expressed their gratitude to the foundation for supporting legal education and excellent legal research.

On her part, Sorannadi expressed her gratitude to all who partnered with the foundation to ensure the success of the debate competition. She particularly appreciated Wola Joseph, a lawyer, for sponsoring the 1st Runner Up Cash prize award.

The Co-chairs of the foundation, Dr. Cynthia Chisom Umezulike and Dr. Victor Azubike Umezulike, noted that it remains committed to advancing excellent legal education and research, saying that was what their late father, Justice Innocent Azubuike Umezulike, a Professor of Land and Property Law with over 25 published books as well as the longest serving Chief Justice in the South East, was known for in his lifetime and the legacy he has left behind.

Source: https://guardian.ng/saturday-magazine/oou-wins-justice-umezulike-national-law-debate-competition/

how are they going to share this 200k now?

Congratulations to them

Congrats

Great news.

I see people rushing here to turn this beautiful thread to a tribal war,but my question to all these jobless people is,

What do you gain from spreading hate and nepotism?.

Jobless tribalists please stay away from this thread,let the people with brain celebrate these wonderful guys from various institution's.

Congratulations to all the winners.

Great IFE

Congrats

May the OOU Wins Justice Umezulike National Law Debate Competition favor me and my family

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Well represented by different tribe.
Not the yeast with their yeastern people alone

tobtap:
Great IFE

what are you saying bayi

SANs in the making. Kudos

Yahoo boys campus. OOU

Good news at last

Omolubi. Yoruba lagba. Yoruba ni baba won

I didn't know OOU has a good law college I always thought Uniben had the best law college in Nigeria

I can't imagine that! Who are the judges. Yoruba winning Igbo in an academic competition? An aberration. Under free and fair completion. A Yoruba team can never, ever, win an Igbo team in anything competition

350k?

Good one

Congratulations to OOU and the representative.

CodeTemplar:
Yahoo boys campus. OOU

E be like say this mmesonma name is the next deal in the east education sector

Otuegbe:
how are they going to share this 200k now?

Is amount of money more important or recognition?


Have u ever for once, thought about "selfless thing you can do,for the benefit of humanity?

Meanwhile, I will give u insight into how to spend the money.


They should use the entire money to stock their departmental library and write bodily the name of set that got the books. This will serve as inspiration for others behind them.

You rearly hear of the north winning anything,
yet they occupy most good jobs

Congrats to them

My school. I remember when this mutha was a shithole of cultism violence and prostitution in the 2000s. Glad to see us doing better today.

Nice.

Ok