Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Epe Branch, Dr. S. O. Jimoh, has described the 2025 Law Week as a massive success.
He stated this on Wednesday, July 30th, while speaking with journalists at the dinner ceremony to climax a chain of activities to celebrate the Law Week.
Giving credit to members of the Branch for making the event an eventful one, Dr. Jimoh said, “The law week was a huge success, there is no programme that we did that didn’t record tremendous success, even at the beach, we budgeted for about 80 people we were over 150 people there, not only our members, our stakeholders and our clients. Many of them joined us.
“The credit for everything you have seen during this programme can not be given to me. It is the members of NBA Epe who should take credit; they are the ones who have done it. I am only providing leadership, but there is no leader when there are no followers; they are the ones making us achieve and blaze trails.
“They are the ones giving us the courage, giving us all the support, the funding and assistance to achieve the little we have been able to do. I call it little because we have a lot to get done,” he said.
The Law Week tagged “Aare Afe Babalola Epe Law Week 2025” kicked off on Friday, July 25, with a Jumat prayer session, a thanksgiving service to God. The event was held at Aleke Central Mosque, Epe, Lagos. It was followed by a World Press Conference. Later in the day, the planning committee of the Law Week visited GUTS Radio, Epe, Lagos, for a live program where they also unveiled events to celebrate the week.
The following day, the Branch organized a health walk and aerobics session, which was followed by a community-focused environmental sanitation exercise. Thereafter, a keenly contested novelty football match was held between the NBA Epe Branch and their counterparts from the NBA Ikorodu. Though NBA Epe won the match 2-1, the game was an exhibition of the deep camaraderie that binds different branches of the NBA together.
Members of both the NBA Epe Branch and the Ikorodu Branch later enjoyed a beachside party at Honeywell Beach Resort, Museyo, Ibeju Lekki, providing a rare opportunity for legal practitioners to unwind amidst the scenic beauty of the beachfront.
On Sunday, members of the Bar worshipped at Christ Embassy Church, Alasia, where they were treated to a feast after the Thanksgiving service.
The intellectual part of the Law Week kicked off with a training titled “Traditional Alternative Dispute Resolution”. The training was anchored by the Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution Development and Conflict Management of Nigeria under the leadership of Prof. Akinola Ibidapo-Obe.
The training was followed by a powerful lecture the following day. Delivered by a renowned Professor of Land Law in Nigeria, Professor I. O. Smith, he enlightened guests in attendance on the importance of land management, providing fresh perspectives on the reason for the government to ensure that the laws relating to land are well mastered, understood, and well obeyed by both government and traditional rulers.
On the final day of the Law Week, guests consisting of lawyers, senior lawyers and other top personalities were treated to a dinner. Selected personalities who have positively affected the legal profession in one way or the other were also honoured with awards.
The dinner organized in honour of Aare Afe Adetona Emmanuelking, a distinguished businessman and philanthropist, had Justice Wasiu Animahun, Hon. Justice Abdulsemiu Oloyede Oyediran, Dr Tunji Popoola and several other notable individuals in attendance.
