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ONIGEGEWURA: THE BURDEN OF A SECOND GENERATION LAWYER

For almost everyone who has seen the award-wining movie, ANIKULAPO: The Rise of the Sceptre, one of the biggest revelations of that superb flick is Bashorun, a role skilfully interpreted by Owobo Ogunde.  As it turned out, Owobo is the son of the legendary thespian, Baba Hubert Ogunde, the pioneer and doyen of the Nigerian Theatre.  For many days and weeks after the movie was released on Netflix, the social media was dominated by rave and critical review of Owobo’s powerful delivery of his role.  What is more surprising is the fact that almost everyone commended Owobo for being a true son of his father. Owobo is fortunate.  He is extremely fortunate that he is not a lawyer called to the Nigerian Bar.  He is fortunate that he is not a second-generation lawyer [SGL].  His accomplishments as a professional notwithstanding, if he had been a lawyer, he would have been tainted with the brush of nepotism.  He would have probably been accused of getting the role by virtue of the fact that he c