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Asiwaju Adegboyega Solomon Awomolo, SAN., has been sworn in as the new chairman, Body of Benchers (BoB). The Senior Advocate who took over from Hon. Justice Mary Ukaego Peter-Odili, (JSC, Rtd) as 52nd chair of the august body, who was a one-time Attorney General and commissioner for Justice in Osun State remark described as symbolic and a new call to service” the leadership of the body said the success of any chairman of the Body of Benchers is dependent upon the cooperation of all the members irrespective of status. He appreciated his predecessor, Justice Mary Odili, and extolled her style of inclusive leadership and entertaining consensus decisions of most members on all matters. "As chairman Body of Benchers, his Lordship involved her vice Chairman (my humble self) in all the decisions affecting this Body and taken at plenary". As vice chairman, I was not treated “as extra-tyre” to be rolled out to fill the punctured tyre.  I thank My Lord for kindness and respect for my p

A retired Justice of the Supreme Court, and chairman of the Body of Benchers, Justice Mary Peter - Odili, has described the current period as bad for the judiciary. Justice Odili, noted that the confidence in the judiciary was dwindling as a result of the spate of conflicting judgments and indiscipline among lawyers. Read Also: https://zynga-news.blogspot.com/2024/03/oyo-assembly-to-confirm-justice.html?m=1 According to her, “It is a bad period in the sense that the judiciary is being bashed and public confidence in the legal system is dwindling, occasioned by incessant conflicting judgments in our courts and flagrant indiscipline amongst lawyers. ” She said, in a bid to address this vexed issue of conflicting judgments, the body of benchers has constituted a committee made up of ranking members of the profession to see to the issue and come up with the best possible ways of addressing the concerns. “When the Committee completes its assignment and presents its report to the Body of Ben