toprealman:
The membership renewal is a bit cheeky considering that the money he made as a speaker and the one he stands to make as COS means that he will never ever need the money from the legal profession.
Whatever the case, baba has always been a street guy so definitely he will sort himself out.

^^^

DaddyJapan:
Gazette has played fast and loose with its tilted reporting yet again.



Yes it is true that a dishonest Gbajabiamila had his license suspended for 36 months in 2007.
But then according to the State Bar of Georgia, it appears that the permanent termination mentioned above was strictly because dishonest Gbajabiamila subsequently became delinquent with his license fees - and nothing more.


Source: https://www.gabar.org/statusdescriptions.cfm

A moot point in the scheme of things, I know, but accuracy is what underpins balanced and fair reporting in journalism.

They are accurate, he stole from his client in 2015 and was suspended for 5 years which was made permanent in 2020, he also stopped payment on his membership of the Georgia bar and his account has finally been terminated.

The fact that he is a common thief is not in doubt.

Bankowner:
The man has made money in politics than he'll ever make practicing law in the US.

Cholls:
My brother so baba no believe say him fit make more than that with his law degree so instead him steal the money come japa comot their country. Chai! School na scam

God bless you for this analysis
where are those people who want to earn
$200k in 1 year when they arrive USA?

when people like us who live here for decades
try to tone down their expectations about US
they call us failures and lecture us on balablu

here is an attorney or lawyer - stealing this
small money and fleeing to Nigeria knowing fully well the consequences of his actions

If the streets of America has millions of $$$
lined up for japarians who hav no US education
and the street is NOT lined up wit millions of $$
for Gbaja; who is probably a US citizen and has US professional Education, then such a japarian is a joke and living in denial - Japa enthusiasts over to you 😂

make ona dey dream of making $20 million savings in 10 years and go buy up banana island 😂😂😂😂 dreaming is cheap- like talk is cheap- when your land - and you can’t even secure employment in African restaurant or African shop after 3 months because you don’t have papers and no one wants to take that risk to employ you - you will know that bragging on nairaland is very different from reality 😂😂

seunmsg:


Suspension for professional misconduct and nothing else. How's that a criminal offense?

what is the misconduct? Did he steal or not?

I pity nigeria

We yorubas elect some of the most dubious, corrupt and shadiest people into our yoruba leadership positions and yet we pontificate and tell other tribes how to vote.

Drugdealers, thieves, scoundrels, thugs and buffoons (who would never amount to anything if they were members of other honourable tribes), we elect them with merry.

I am truly ashamed.

Old dead news thrown up by presidency to divert peoples attention.
Jagaban in US.

I diss him "ITT - International Thief-Thief", by Fela >

Same individual today is thief of staff to an illegitimate President.
Illegality nor dey tire dis set of people?

The bunch of people calling on Nigerians to put their hope on them indeed

Waiting to hear the news of his SANship soon

In Nigeria the leaders make sure that the institutions are weak while individuals are made strong. But in other develop democracy the institutions are made stronger while the individuals are weaker than the institutions.
In Nigeria there is nothing like rule of law.
That is why I agree with the lawyer the said we are only practicing civil rule not democracy.

Well he doesn't need it no more. His a criminal in Nigeria where it pays more

Una go cry tire. Gbaja is CoS till 2031. This your campaign after election is too late

Lolz he had a lucrative portfolio in Nigeria

oshozondii:


https://gazettengr.com/exclusive-u-s-legal-panel-terminates-femi-gbajabiamilas-law-licence-after-stealing-money-from-client-violating-bar-rules/?fbclid=IwAR2BLNyXTfOStDlLZIzAfHJsN9ooMQ6Zqe7wOQh85p705GrjZNsiC79UFA8

Femi Gbajabiamila has to make a scapegoat out of these highly irresponsible and narcissistic journalists working for this creepy media house for defamation and deliberately misleading the reading public. This must include suing for defamation all those helping to spread this insidious article which clearly violates the ethics of investigative journalism from many angles!

Indeed, Femi left the U.S. to return to Nigeria because of a political appointment and service to the motherland. So, he had no need to pay his annual membership dues to Georgia Bar and his law license was terminated in 2020.

The contradictory and dubious
Gazette article [which was clearly written to appeal to the emotions of simpletons and the gullible] stated that as of 2006, Femi Gbaja had paid back the $25,000 to the client so why is this old story I read many years back still an issue if not for mischief?

Certainly, he doesn't want to practice law in the State of Georgia again because of time, other personal and political engagements so that's fine.

Bringbackmandat:
you are a disgrace loser, go and read the whole news, if you didn't feel ashamed for defending a thief then you are a fool.
This is the major problem we have in Nigeria, a poor rabbit like you that cannot even afford 1000 naira recharge card will borrow data from MTN to defend a crook that has made your life miserable.
I swear you are a fooool.

Nice one it is now I confirmed you are a nonentiy pig taken to the market place to do circus show and a mud is just right at the middle of the market.

You are so so useless like a hand deep inside faeces with that your flat ugly forehead like Garbon Orangutan monkey.

You are not just a disgrace to yourself but a disgrace to those that begat you and a disgrace to your entire clan, nothings annoying in life than to see a grown up man been nickname "an idiot" and that is what you are.

You have brain yes, but the brain you have was smarched and glued together with coal tar glue like a dilapidated uplifted road thereby making you walks around living your head at home and suffering from diarrhoea of the mouth.

You stand and still standing upside down brainwise like an amalido caught by a hunter trap and being displayed by the rod side upside down seeking for a buyer.

As I said, you got brain but not a working one for you to belief its now the fuc-King US remember Gbaja thief their money ba after so many yars as Speaker? You must be mad for real not still using your empty head to understand a thrash news from the pit of hell simply he is a Yoruba man with your arch-enemy Tinubu. You will live in sorrow for the next 8 years while Tinubu rule your a s s.

Talking about borrowed MTN hahahaha funny you pls lets snapshot our phone credit and Data balance and paste it then let's see who is hungry and at the mercy of the damn network providers pls do as I said if you a man enough....

Ewu Gambia, nwaidiala anuofia. You think you can talj ba? Pls keep it coming......I'm here for you.

Fuc-king nickname himself moniker "Bringbackmsndat" my Pooh. F e c k off.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
...."In a unanimous decision of February 26, 2007, the supreme court of Georgia approved the suspension of Mr Gbajabiamila for 36 months, after he admitted stealing $25000 from a client"...



See people wey dey associate with BAT...Ibori, Oluomo, Gandollar, Asari Dokubo, Gbaja e.t.c... I pity our national treasury. Chicago state university shld pls release his academic records.

Weeping can only endure for 8yrs. Joy cometh in the 9th year

StreetFight:
Una go cry tire. Gbaja is CoS till 2031. This your campaign after election is too late

ode! He has been in the national assembly for donkey years he even become speaker, what did your parents gain?
You borrow 100 naira data from MTN just to defend an international criminal. You guys will continue to surfer as far as tribal interest take the best part of your brain.
Fooooooo!!!!

DaddyJapan:
Gazette has played fast and loose with its tilted reporting yet again.



Yes it is true that a dishonest Gbajabiamila had his license suspended for 36 months in 2007.
But then according to the State Bar of Georgia, it appears that the permanent termination mentioned above was strictly because dishonest Gbajabiamila subsequently became delinquent with his license fees - and nothing more.


Source: https://www.gabar.org/statusdescriptions.cfm

A moot point in the scheme of things, I know, but accuracy is what underpins balanced and fair reporting in journalism.

Indeed!

Konquest:

Femi Gbajabiamila has to make a scapegoat out of these highly irresponsible and narcissistic journalists working for this creepy media house for defamation and deliberately misleading the reading public. This must include those helping to spread this insidious article which clearly violates the ethics of investigative journalism from many angles!

Indeed, Femi left the U.S. to return to Nigeria because of a political appointment and service to the motherland. So, he had no need to pay his annual membership dues to Georgia Bar and his law license was terminated in 2020.

The contradictory and dubious
Gazette article [which was clearly written to appeal to the emotions of simpletons and the gullible] stated that as of 2006, Femi Gbaja had paid back the $20,000 to the client so why is this old story I read many years back still an issue if not for mischief?

Certainly, he doesn't want to practice law in the State of Georgia again because of time, other personal and political engagements so that's fine.

he paid back because he was caught, what do you would have happened if the system is like Nigeria?
Ones a thief always a thief. Infact he is not supposed to hold any public office again. A lawyer stealing from his client is like a doctor that remove your kidney without your knowledge.
I am surprised that educated people like you will defend a criminal just because of tribal interest.
Do you know what the foreign investors will think if they learn that the Chief of staff to the president was caught stealing from his client.

seunmsg:
Fake and sensational news. Gbajabiamila's license was suspended simply because he stopped practicing law in the state of Georgia and hence has no reason to keep paying annually for the license. This is a very fraudulent and dishonest report from People's Gazette as usual.

True that!

DaddyJapan:
Gazette has played fast and loose with its tilted reporting yet again.



Yes it is true that a dishonest Gbajabiamila had his license suspended for 36 months in 2007.
But then according to the State Bar of Georgia, it appears that the permanent termination mentioned above was strictly because dishonest Gbajabiamila subsequently became delinquent with his license fees - and nothing more.


Source: https://www.gabar.org/statusdescriptions.cfm

A moot point in the scheme of things, I know, but accuracy is what underpins balanced and fair reporting in journalism.

He stole client money or didn't he?

DaddyJapan:


One and the same - yes.

Image source: https://www.georgiabar.org/publicdiscipline/S06Y0829Gbaja_S.pdf

The family name is Gbajabiamila but shortened to Gbaja in the U.S. perhaps for ease of pronounciation and spelling by Americans.

Akbar Gbaja, a U.S.-born American football star is his relative from the larger Gbajabiamila family.

Chucks13:
Thrash and very stupid statement.

A speaker in Nigeria for 8 years and you are talking stealing, stealing what? How much is the money in question that he can't pay? Why thee word stealing is stealing and corruption samedefinition?

When he was serving in Lagos no one talk stealing when he was speaker no one talking stealing but now because he is with Tinubu suddenly stealing Rose up.

I won't be surprise if this is handwork of those loosers

He stole his clients money.

Chucks13:


Nice one it is now I confirmed you are a nonentiy pig taken to the market place to do circus show and a mud is just right at the middle of the market.

You are so so useless like a hand deep inside faeces with that your flat ugly forehead like Garbon Orangutan monkey.

You are not just a disgrace to yourself but a disgrace to those that begat you and a disgrace to your entire clan, nothings annoying in life than to see a grown up man been nickname "an idiot" and that is what you are.

You have brain yes, but the brain you have was smarched and glued together with coal tar glue like a dilapidated uplifted road thereby making you walks around living your head at home and suffering from diarrhoea of the mouth.

You stand and still standing upside down brainwise like an amalido caught by a hunter trap and being displayed by the rod side upside down seeking for a buyer.

As I said, you got brain but not a working one for you to belief its now the fuc-King US remember Gbaja thief their money ba after so many yars as Speaker? You must be mad for real not still using your empty head to understand a thrash news from the pit of hell simply he is a Yoruba man with your arch-enemy Tinubu. You will live in sorrow for the next 8 years while Tinubu rule your a s s.

Talking about borrowed MTN hahahaha funny you pls lets snapshot our phone credit and Data balance and paste it then let's see who is hungry and at the mercy of the damn network providers pls do as I said if you a man enough....

Ewu Gambia, nwaidiala anuofia. You think you can talj ba? Pls keep it coming......I'm here for you.

Fuc-king nickname himself moniker "Bringbackmsndat" my Pooh. F e c k off.

I don't reply fools, I tried my best to bring you out from that rubbish idea but since your foolishness is an inheritance there is nothing I can do again.

seunmsg:
Fake and sensational news. Gbajabiamila's license was suspended simply because he stopped practicing law in the state of Georgia and hence has no reason to keep paying annually for the license. This is a very fraudulent and dishonest report from People's Gazette as usual.

And his suspension in 2015 was for what exactly?

egoldman:


He stole his clients money.

It's like Chucks13 likes to steal customers money. And then maybe pay back later. The mentality of Nigerians

Bringbackmandat:
he paid back because he was caught, what do you would have happened if the system is like Nigeria?
Ones a thief always a thief. Infact he is not supposed to hold any public office again. A lawyer stealing from his client is like a doctor that remove your kidney without your knowledge.
I am surprised that educated people like you will defend a criminal just because of tribal interest.
Do you know what the foreign investors will think if they learn that the Chief of staff to the president was caught stealing from his client.

Hang on... He didn't steal the money in the actual sense of holding a gun to someone's head, but only delayed in repaying the money to the client as-and-when-due.

Moreover, if he had continued to pay his license fees and membership dues to Georgia Bar, he would still have been a practicing Georgia attorney as of 2023!


I get your valid points though.

We must not support crime in the society, but for Femi Gbaja, he must have been going through a rough season in the U.S. to have dipped into a client's funds with the intention of paying back (which he eventually did in 2006... 17 years ago).

Lessons learned!


All the best.

goslowgoslow:

I am not defending corruption but in a saner clime(whatever that means because no where is sane in the world) people like will not be jumping into conclusions without verifying and waiting for Gbajabiamila"s reaction.

There are no perfect places or people but the phrase "saner climes" was coined for a reason, and the reason is that some places are better than others. For example, when it comes to rule of law and accountability, most western nations, even though not perfect but are far better than Nigeria and other countries. As for Gbajagbiamila, we don't necessarily need his reaction Because his case is well known and established in the United state where it happened, it is not gossip or speculation.

DaddyJapan:
Gazette has played fast and loose with its tilted reporting yet again.



Yes it is true that a dishonest Gbajabiamila had his license suspended for 36 months in 2007.
But then according to the State Bar of Georgia, it appears that the permanent termination mentioned above was strictly because dishonest Gbajabiamila subsequently became delinquent with his license fees - and nothing more.


Source: https://www.gabar.org/statusdescriptions.cfm

A moot point in the scheme of things, I know, but accuracy is what underpins balanced and fair reporting in journalism.

Thanks for the clarity.
By the way, he thief money or not?

seunmsg:
Fake and sensational news. Gbajabiamila's license was suspended simply because he stopped practicing law in the state of Georgia and hence has no reason to keep paying annually for the license. This is a very fraudulent and dishonest report from People's Gazette as usual.

Shut up Akuya