Aba state chapter of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has denied claims that controversial Nigerian lawyer and social media ‘slay queen’, Ifunanya Excel Grant, is one of its members.
This was contained in a statement by the NBA Chairman (Aba) Innocent O. Egwu, Esq., and Secretary Mazi K.C. Okoro.
The bar was addressing reports ascribed Ifunanya aka “Baddest Lawyer” NBA membership to the Aba Branch.
“For the records, we wish to state categorically that Miss Ifunanya Excel Grant is not a member of the NBA, Aba Branch, and she is unknown to NBA, Aba Branch.
“While we support every effort of our great association, the NBA, to rid the legal profession of the few bad eggs, we must request that painstaking efforts be taken by officers concerned to ensure that innocent and law-abiding practitioners are not unwittingly held out in bad light to the public,” the statement reads in part.
This came after calls for her to be prosecuted for inappropriate social media conduct involving drug abuse and nudity.
Meanwhile in other news…
Nigerian skit-maker, Michael Sani Amanesi, popularly known as MC Lively, has revealed why he does not practice law despite becoming a lawyer years ago.
The comedian revealed during a chat with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, that was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2016, but he switched from law to comedy.
MC Lively said he really loves law and excelled at it in school but he got to realise that there was a huge difference between what on expects while still studying and what one meets in the real world.
According to the graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, the reason he refused to practice law was because he was offered N5,000 to work at a law firm.
He said the N5,000 salary he was offered was really upsetting, and that was after he had visited different chambers to look for work after completing his NYSC programme.
MC Lively said; “I love law so much. I excelled at it so much. I really really loves it. But there was such a struggle between what you do in school and things in real life. It’s so different. I mean, how do I go to law school, spent such huge amount of money and coming out as a corper, and you are telling me that you can pay me N5,000 per month? To do what?
“No, it was really upsetting. And I remember that before I even got that particular one, I had to go look for work by myself in different chambers. Before I got that particular one, I had gone to like three or four chambers, they said, so sorry, there’s nothing they can do. NYSC, this is not even like the real job o. This is just NYSC. So, imagine what you would have to go through even when you are done with the NYSC and you want a real job, an actual job.”
