"I NEVER ACTED UNCONSTITUTIONALLY" - President Garrick Nosa

• Swears in Members of Congress 

• Sheds light on operation of office without being sworn in

 • Says that Congress and the Presidency are not enemies

 • Issues warning to mischief makers

President Garrick

The President of the Law Students Association (LAWSA) UNIBEN, has debunked rumours linking himself to acting unconstitutionally and away from his Executive powers by conducting and interfering with elections within Parliament. Speaking to Congress members and observers at the Inaugural Congress sitting on Friday 27th November, 2015 the President read from Section 17 of the LAWSA constitution and drew attention to its provisions

 "The President conducting elections within Congress is not a new thing, it didn't start today. If you have noticed there is a lacuna in Section 17 of the LAWSA Constitution. While it gives the duty of presiding over the inaugural sitting of congress to the president, it doesn't say who to conduct elections, thus the President over time has always conducted congress executive elections. It is in recognising this that I decided to invite an independent body which is the LAWSA Eleco to conduct the elections."

     The President while making this statement expressed hope that this will be corrected when the time comes as they must have made such promises when they declared their manifestos to their various constituencies. He also shed light on elected excos assuming executive functions without being sworn in. According to Garrick, the Dean of the Faculty, Professor Richard Idubor has been really busy for the last 2 months and as such has had no time to swear in the elected excos ceremoniously. It was in light of this that the faculty via the Student staff adviser Dr N.E. Ojukwu-Ogba gave the elected excos the "express mandate" to carry on with their duties as they were already behind schedule.

     President Garrick in the same vein addressed everyone present to wipe away the notion from their minds that the members of parliament and the President were enemies and opponents. He said that they were all working for the benefit and future of LAWSA and therefore had no enmity between them. The President issued a warning to his would be detractors who may want to frustrate his efforts and "witch-hunt" him to desist from such act as any of such efforts will be met with failure, and the congress members would not allow that.

     It would be recalled that President Garrick Nosa defeated Nosayaba Douglas in the LAWSA elections that held in August, 2015, replacing the Lauretta led LAWSA government.

Scars Of a Virginity Lost!

With gnashed teeth and head bowed, i remember that fateful

day when she invited me over, an innocent act i said to

myself-subconsciously trying to placate the other part of

my head that was dogmatically scolding me for answering

her call every single time helplessly like she was nature.

Truth be told though, i was no stranger to her world-her

little paradise had her scent all over and understandably it

felt like home to me, her soft bed was my favourite part of

the room and soon enough i was sprawled on it, as she

came over and gave me the most inviting of welcomes on

my lips. Before long we were away and beyond and as

always i was enthralled in our conversation, enchanted by

her beauty!. I laid wif my head on her laps, she stroked my

hair gently and as i rose to share a gaze wif her, i lost my

soul, for those big brown eyes of hers were magical,

magical beyond words and i laid there, motionless,

watching her talk, watching her smile, watching her live,

watching her in gratitude for the happiness she gave me

and i was so fulfilled, so it was not surprising when a little

over five hours later, a visit that started early in the evening

felt like i had just gotten here but alas it was dark already,

too late to head home but i had to, she wouldnt hear of it,

she chided me sternly, ironically even a reprimand from her

i found endearing. I was ruined and i knew very well the

hopelessness of my case but sadly even that did not help

matters, if at all, it complicated things even more. Finally

like always she had her way with me-i was to spend the

night over!.looking back now, i can't help buh fear it was all

planned right from the start. It was new territory for me, for

never had i spent an entire night alone wif a girl alone

before and thus naturally i was apprehensive but i

reassured myself, i reassured myself wif the fact that i loved

her, i reassured myself wif the fact that i trusted her thus

invariably she wouldn't hurt me.#smh -if wishes were

horses........ gradually but inevitably night came, sleep

beckoned, painfully but truthfully it dawned on me i couldn't

keep guard anymore, i had to let go and as she took me in

her hands and cuddled me, i felt warmth, i felt loved, i felt

safe, like salt in water, my fears were lost, my alarm senses

dissipated- a feeling so peaceful that all i wanted now was

to fall asleep and fall i did!

Asleep i dreamt of a beautiful and serene garden full of

white roses and i was taking a stroll, enjoying the rare yet

breathtaking scenery when suddenly it started to rain blood,

blood turning a charming white garden to a red scary one, i

woke abruptly, disturbed by the dream and subsequently

even more alarmed when i find that she's no longer beside

me, to compound my woes even more, i discover that my

member was at its full length, how it got there i didnt know

and frankly i didn't care for i was greatly embarrassed and

more concerned wif what if she found me in this state? What

would she fink of me? Would she get the wrong impression

of me and fins? It was a swift transition from the tranquil

state i was before now to this chaotic fauxpass, i was still

trying to fathom a way out when suddenly i felt this strange

warmth pervade my member, the feeling

was.................the feeling was..........the feeling was out

of this world, i was wet and i was dripping, i felt something

like a palate move round it, i was shocked, so i raised my

head almost immediately and then i saw, -what i saw was

not for the faint at heart for there re sights a man see's once

in a lifetime and once is more than enough, lo and behold,

she was there, down there and she had it in her mouth, i

was shocked beyond words, i SCREAMED! but unfortunately

the sounds that came out were strange even to my own

ears. I was doomed, like judas, my own body had betrayed

me, pathetic man that i am! She didnt stop there, like an

invading army, she pressed upward in her quest to conquer,

she took my nipples in her mouth, one after the other, poor

things, i can't deny that the feeling was so pleasurable yet it

was strange thus i screamed for her to STOP in protest but

NO! ,for every protest i made or tried to she seemed

#reinvigorated and spurred on. #smh, it was a hopeless

cause, it was apparent-even a #blindchild could tell the

night was not going to end well for me.

Things #escalated when she took my member in her left

hand in an attempt to guide me into her, with every last

strength in my being i resisted and i pleaded wif her to

STOP, with tears already running down my cheek i began

what would turn out to be a futile quest to make her see

reasons, to make her understand that i was not quite ready

yet, it was something i wanted to give as a marriage

present, it was desire to be "met at home", to explain to her

that the act was against my faith and above all to make her

realise that my mom would be very disappointed but NO!

She was not to be moved, her eyes were no longer

charming, they were scary and red wif lust, before i could

pursue my case even further she resumed her madness and

wif even more bite this time, like my protesting had wasted

her time and thus angered her, she needed to make up for

lost time and so wif a single thrust she forced her way in

and involuntarily i recoiled and #SCREAMEDoUTiNpAIN, in

that split second my world tilted on its axis, everyfin went

black-like my eyes were opened yet all i could see was

darkness, i could swear i died and came back.

Despondently, wif tears falling freely i opened my eyes only

to find her staring down at me wif a grin of accomplishment

on her face.#smh...hate on my mind, i felt like a prey that

had just been vanquished!.

#ThemomentThatCouldNeverBeTakenBack!

I reminsce wif eyes closed in disgust and pain as she

penetrated my innocence wif strength and brutality like

never seen before now. I reminsce now wif my heart

thumping, that single moment of heart rending pain i could

never wish away now. Now locked away in room, all alone

in a vacant and pensive mood gloating about my precious

purity- sent on a journey, one never to return from!. Now i

find my poor head filled wif more questions than answers.-

was she worth it?-will dz gloomy sense of loss dat

pervades my entire being ever leave? should i ve fallen for

her charms and sweet talk?- should i ve trusted her?-will i

ever be the same again? As disappointed as i am, why don't

i hate her? Why did she do it? Why did she break my heart?

Why did she violate me? Was this what it was all about for

her? Will she love me even more now? Why did she #take

from me what i didn't #give freely? will i ever be pure

again?

#WillThisScarEverHeal?

An Open Letter To The Dean Of Law

01/11/15

Dear sir

My name is gafar!

I'm a student of "your" noble faculty of law, in my penultimate year(or at least hopefully so)

Sir, before I proceed any further, I'd like to first and foremost register my admiration for the great things you've accomplished in your brief yet indelible stint as dean of this "great" faculty.

I'm a big (not "very" though) fan or ardent supporter of the discipline and sanity that you've brought into faculty of law since you became the dean (the first autochthonous one for that matter).
They say it's your duty to make this faculty sane, sober and responsible and I dare say you've done so with aplomb sir!
So that  I take a cursory gaze at delinquents, (those with  the moral code of gangsters - my humble self included) and I dare them to trouble try and  see if they'll benefit from their insolence.
So that even now, along with your faculty I.D card, is a disclaimer that says - "the fear of the dean is the beginning of wisdom"

Sir, time would fail and flee me, if I continue to extol your wisdom and virtues.

Plus already, I can imagine you smiling now and saying - "washy" (on a second thought, maybe not!), be that as it may - You sir, you won the award for "best lecturer" of the session just past in my class (I didn't vote for you sha), and that, I believe says it all.

However sir, the obvious question that lingers is- "why I'm I writing you?"

Well sir, if you don't mind (I know you do, buh I'll still write anyways!) there are quite a few "minor" things I'd like to just blab about !

Sir, in the first months of your administration (aka regime), the faculty "underwent" a "face lift" aka chairs and tables were been repaired, windows were been cleaned, sockets were been fixed, FULLSTOP! as in The END!
I know you are expecting more but please don't because that was the exact total of what constituted a facelift (at least for students! - some have even argued that, that much was done, only because  the faculty was under review for accreditation - shaking my head - people can be so ungrateful and pessimistic) and we are grateful sir (it's not like we have a choice tho) but then sir, even these little things have fallen apart, the sockets do not function anymore (that's if they ever did) , the tables and chairs have are broken again, the panes are dirty once more, they say - "half bread is better than none", so sir if we could just have these "facelifts" done on a more routine basis, it ll be greatly appreciated!

Also too sir, there's also the new reported case of your arriving in our Lts in the middle of the night unannounced (during exam season) and chasing away all "non-law students", why I don't know but I believe so that law students can have the opportunity and conducive atmosphere to read for their exams!
Sir I believe this move is laudable (at least the intent), I believe this is a testament to your dedication to duty and your love for your students (I mean, if a married man leaving his wife and family at night just to come and drive away students from Lts is not a show of love - frankly, I wonder what is?) still sir, It's my belief that there are or were other viable, more effective and less dramatic means to that end!
What do I mean? - Take for instance LT3 sir, it's an Lt strictly not juz for law students buh for final year law students exclusively both day and night, and this defacto rule has been strictly adhered to by both law and non students alike without you having to interfere.
I'm also tempted to point out too, that most law students do not even like reading in the faculty buh prefer reading in other faculties but that's beside the point, my point sir, is that while your immense love and dedication is worthy of emulation, it would probably be better appreciated if channeled into other areas - for example, I know for one I'll be way happier if I and my classmates do not have to raise over 70,000 naira of our hard earned (yes, some of us do earn it) money almost every session just to get a public address system or if you could somehow "persuade" law students into paying their dues for the association, or if I didn't have to suddenly suffer from high blood pressure every time I'm pressed, simply because  the faculty restrooms are worse than non existent, etc ( I'm just saying sir, buh then what do I even know self?)

I'd like to mention too, the ban on all religious activities (aka christian) in the faculty but then information reaching me says it's a university directive, so I rather not! But then the fastidious enforcement of this directive here in contrast to other faculties is really.............. but to be honest, who is the faculty to say NO when the school has said YES? (at least that's what I thought until I came across page 93 proviso no 15 of the faculty handbook that provides that all invigilators must wear academic gowns while in the exam hall - and I can't help but wonder why the faculty is yet to enforce this particular directive? Or I could talk about the directive that staffs must have their I.D cards on them? Or the fact that "christian activities" do take place in our neighbor faculty but all these are beside my point)
My case sir, is not against the directive itself as much as it is against the method used in implementing same, I've personally witnessed a situation where over almost thirty students were held (hostages) in Lt 1, while security personnel were summoned and pockets of drama seekers (aka aprokos) had no choice but to "absently" hover over all available openings in the Lt!
Sir, calling to mind all the ethics I've  learnt albeit slowly from my stay ( a long one now) in this faculty , it has dawned on me that the law profession is a peculiar noble one, thus we cannot (at least we should not) be found handling issues the same manner other "jumpology" faculties (#quoteCredit -darracourt) would.
I believe that these things should be handled with  more elegance and Finnesse - and I think, probably If students can learn this very vital lesson from our dean himself, I believe the effect would be indelible!

It is also my belief sir, that you've already created a "larger than death" persona in the minds of these students i dare say staff too , so that dealing with  issues of deviancy and delinquency with love and mildness, I posit will "probably" turn out to be more effective than the status quo!

Sir, I'm cautious (aka afraid) else I would have said too that the now dreaded and infamous threat of "not going to law school" is a card that unfortunately has been overplayed and consequently lost a larger part of its potency (please note that - this has not be scientifically proven) . While I stand to be corrected, it is my belief that law school is something law students should look forward to with enthusiasm and admiration, not a whip to be sampled everytime just to make students fall back in line but like I said - "wisdom is profitable to direct" so I'll rather not go there!

And lastly sir, as you are probably aware of, the student association conducted it's election some months back and somehow, for reasons that neither I nor my fellow course mates know of nor can fathom - the new executives of the association are yet to be sworned into office almost three months after the said election. A situation that I daresay is very alarming and detrimental to the health of the association.
Sir, the world over, it is trite that a lacuna in government of this nature, is dangerous and a threat to the continuity of the government as a whole! ( no, no - not "M.K.O", what I had in mind was - the "shonekan and abdulsalami" era)

It is my belief sir, that matters as trife (subjectively sha) as this do not fall directly under the purview of your exalted office, also too, I'll not pretend to be unaware of the rumors going round that there has been a "change" in the association's staff adviser - these among many other factors could possibly be the reasons for this "slight" slight kor? 3months is almost equivalent to one semester in school GMT, and for executives that have just  two semesters in office? haaa! delay in the transition of power.

Whatever the case or reasons maybe, sir I want to use this medium to please implore you, as the father that you are, to use your good office to peep (looking is a big ask) into the situation, if for nothing else - for the sake of these little children you love so much, so that the appropriate steps can be taken. ( #swear4garrick)

Sir, there are probably quite a few other issues I'm tempted (get behind me Satan, I'm not ignorant of your devices) to "blab" about buh it's my belief that there's a thin line between been bold and been disrespectful, especially in this part of the world, where our tolerance for this kind of "impunity" aka "speaking up" is very low so, in my bid not to over stretch my luck and cross to the "land of no return", I'd rather juz drop my pen here.

Words cannot sufficiently express how grateful I am to you sir, for taking out time from your busy schedule to read this letter and it's my prayer that this letter will in no way affect my chances of going to law school (e never reach like that abeg).

And contrary to what you and others may fink, I'd like to state that "NO, I'm not a cultist"

God bless you sir, keep up the good work, we love you and we are proud!

(I dunno if I am sha buh protocol demands I end by saying)

                                                                                        "Yours faithfully"

                                                                                               iamgafar

How Intelligence Kills (The Law Experience)

My name is gafar!

I'm a law student of the university of Benin, in my penultimate year!

In a class of over 200 lawyers wannabees, I think I can safely say(safely cos nobody can beat me up for it) that  I'm one of the dullest here.
I'm sure this is not unrelated to the fact that I'm a certified member of the "house of lords" (the back benchers), the captain of my class team too, one that laughs too often, one that has too many friends, one that is not very spiritual, one that is too gregarious, one that believes the dress code is too boring, and above all else- one that doesn't sleep in the library! 
These I am - amongst many other needed attributes to be a "poor" law student! 

And so it's not a surprise (at least no longer) when fellow class and course mates alike, walk up to me and they want to know how I managed to gain admission to study law( the last one that tried, found out that my grades were way higher than his! Talk about irony) or why I want to be a lawyer ( and I'm like - who says I want to be? So somebody can not just study law and not be a lawyer shey?)

And then there's the subtle and often not too subtle discrimination eg- where I step forward for a presentation and everybody is stunned or a group discussion were my hand is raised up because I want to contribute and everybody pretends like they can't see it and I'm forced to rebelliously and rudely cut in!(and then they are surprised that I know anything at all. 
Or a particular episode I ll not forget (at least not in a hurry), were my Tort lecturer leaves the front of the class, takes the effort to climb the many flight of stairs up(by the way we need an elevator in that Lt) and then after tediously scanning all the faces, she points at me - ofcourse at first I pretend like I'm oblivious to the happenings buh she's persistent, so I get up and she asked her question, not without first turning around dramatically -asking the class to listen attentively (I'm a very shy person, ok remove the "very", point is - the extra attention did not help my cause) yet I did managed to give her a very correct answer (I know because I spied from the textbook but that's beside the point) and wait for it -" she was speechless " not the speechlessness that comes with amazement but that that comes with disbelief and disappointment, I swear it was like she expected me, NO scratch that, she did expect me to fail, it was like she wanted me to fail (at least that's how I saw it) and to affirm my suspicion she asked me to repeat what I Had juz said again, listening intently this time for flaws or whatever she was, my point is - she walked away, "REMORSEFUL", without as much as a kudos or Welldone! 

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying my lecturers are bad, trust me, they are not (at least some are not) buh my point is - quite a few of them are prejudiced and stereotypical, so that in their subconscious and not too sub, they ve defined me and my cohorts as "not do wells", dull, unserious minded juveniles ( to be fair, sometimes we are) so that to them we are a lost cause, one they rather not waste their precious time (which I pay for, by the way) on.

The question I keep asking is- "like christ, if you did not come to teach the dull ones, who did you then come for?"

It is my belief that there is something fundamentally wrong with  our educational system - I mean they (lecturers) will persistently tell me and my people to stop making noise, ignorant of the fact that it is this so called noise making that make these lectures interesting for us, that act as speed bumps for us lest we fall asleep all through (I'm not saying that they are boring or anything like that but....)

"We live in a society were we spend 12 years telling primary and secondary school students to keep quiet and then we thrust them into the world and tell them to make a change and "SPEAK" up against social injustice " speak up? When they can't even so do freely in the comfort ( there's no comfort, it's a figure of speech) of their classrooms?

I don't want to talk about my dean who teaches labour law and yet the student association of law is.....

Neither do I want to talk about my contract lecturer in 200level who comes to class and tells you of how he is a big fan of the union president of a renowned institution in western Nigeria because  of his boldness and conviction and yet when you stand up and disagree with his "rules/policies", he tells you scratch that, he "orders" you to either sit down or get out of "his" class depending on your luck! 
Most often I'm tempted to retort - "it's not your class sir, it's "our" class!" buh then instead I just find myself  telling the devil to get behind me, afterall the good book says -"wisdom is profitable to direct". 
Else they ll say - I'll not go to law school! 

Back to my point though -" everybody is a genius, buh if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, then it ll leave it's whole life finking it is dull"

Students with creative minds are often prone to fail because our educational system is largely based on having a high working memory capacity aka "cramming" rather than a great imagination! So that we've turned creative students into dead head memorizers, we have decapitated creativity! 

Yes I maybe the dullest student in my class buh definitely I'm one of the most creative students there too! 

Creative students that are perceived dullards/unserious- lemme not mention names buh royal is a good example, Sach eHima too, Joshua Ogbeide, Uro James, Emmanuel owah, joseph asikpata, irikefe, micheal, lebari dekina, I could go on and on ( like literally I could) buh my fingers ache already! 

 "Let's change the way we see, then we can change the way we live" - gafar

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