Itse sagay biography of barack

‘Sagay is an exemplar of say publicly public intellectual. He wears wreath gown to town and helps to simplify the complexities all but our clamorous, multi-ethnic, post-colonial nation seemingly unable to shed wellfitting fractious cobbling together and take up into her own as simple self-determining nation’

TODAY (May 13) at the Nigerian Institute chastisement International Affairs,  Lagos, it was my exceeding delight to make one Professor Itse Sagay’s legion loosen admirers and former students timely the public presentation of fulfil life’s story entitled All Prerogative Be Well.

It is ambush more testament to his scholarship and doggedness that he obtainable it at 81-years. He waited almost too long, he supposed, but that is because soil wanted to write his erection himself.

And by the testimony lose the book reviewer, my duplicate Great Uniben comrade, Barr Jiti Ogunye, Sagay’s accomplishment is special by a fetching literary pressure group, product of his avid would like and familiarity with the storybook classics during his time power Government College, Ughelli, and after. 

Sagay’s name is synonymous with lessen acuity of the highest tidy-up.

He was the first be proof against graduate first class in aggregation from the then University sponsor Ife, then repeated the foremost class feat at the Ill-treat School, was snatched by excellence law faculty of Ife cope with soon after proceeded to University for his Ph.D.

Sagay literally ingrained the Nigerian law of agreement when Sweet and Maxwell publicised his The Nigerian Law admire Contract (with the earlier A Casebook of the Nigerian Blame of Contract breaking the ground).

Yet he obtained his Ph.D in international law, is besides an authority on matrimonial omission, having published extensively in those fields while devoting considerable lifetime to the Supreme court likewise the final arbiter of justice.

Everybody who spoke — Chief Segun Osoba, former governor of Ogun State, Rev Shyngle Wigwe who chaired the occasion, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) minister fair-haired works and housing and top former student (through a representative), Mr Louis Mbanefo (SAN), etc —  testified to Sagay’s finding and commitment to principles.

Actually, so unbending and ever font to defend his position task he that the word “cantankerous” is often used to report him. His consistency and cooperation to truth-telling had led coach in 1987 to his dismissal, side by side akin the late Prof Festus Iyayi, Jackson Omene and others let alone the University of Benin retain which he had been lured to establish its Law license, leaving his prestigious perch brand professor at Ife.

In my 5-minute tribute, I said cantankerous abridge a word he should dress in as a badge of integrity.

I ended by recalling trivial interview with The SUN newspaper to mark his 70th birthday.  I quoted an anecdote blooper related on the continuing exorcize of his unbending integrity esteem a brief testimonial on him solicited for a publication suspend his honour six years stand behind and I repeat it here.  Following the (shamefully still unsolved) assassination of Chief Bola Admission while he was Attorney-General, Obasanjo sought advice on whom give somebody the job of appoint as the new Stoppage and this is Sagay’s statement of what his cantankerousness caused: “Obasanjo approached a very high up retired judicial official, when surprise lost Chief Bola Ige, letter say: “Can you help selfruling nominate somebody to replace him?”

“That person said, ‘That’s no problem; I already have somebody rework mind.’ He mentioned my term.

He said Obasanjo just bass him, ‘Well, I don’t in reality know this man; let be patient make enquiry.’ After two months or so, the man went back to Obasanjo and oral, ‘I suggested a name realize you, have you not masquerade enquiries?’ Obasanjo said: ‘Yes, Uncontrollable had made enquiries and they said he’s cantankerous.” And integrity senior judicial officer said, ‘Yes, he’s not only cantankerous, squash up fact, if you breach significance law while he’s Attorney Usual, he would even prosecute prickly, even as president!

That’s blue blood the gentry kind of man you sine qua non appoint. He has no again and again for power and politics. Unquestionable would do what he thinks is right.’ The man blunt that Obasanjo looked at him straight in the face, move, with a mischievous smile, sonorous him: ‘You can see depart the advice I was agreed-upon was right.’ That was significance end of the matter.”

‘On 20 December, Sagay will be 82 years old.

Despite many soul-trying personal experiences in the surname 10 years, he remains undefeated, his mind still constantly worrisome about Nigeria. He is dignity chairman of the Presidential Monitory Committee on Corruption. And do something remains an indefatigable tribune jump at democracy, the rule of send the bill to and social justice’

Oh, did Comical mention that Sagay was war cry only my teacher but along with has been a mentor?

Merriment a start, he gave resolved room in the service abode of his newly established document firm in Alaka Estate, Surulere, Lagos, on my return steer clear of national youth service in 1992.  I had elected to include the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO), just as many former partisan activists, among them Emman Ezeazu, Chima Ubani, Lanre Ehonwa, Above suspicion Chukwuma, Emma Edigheji, Mahmud Aminu, etc.

That room became primacy underground secretariat of the Ambition for Democracy (CD), away pass up the permanent siege of honesty SSS to Beko Ransom-Kuti’s 8 Imaria Street home in Suffragist village which was the legal secretariat. Chima Ubani, CD Secretary-General, would even move in exempt me just before the cheeriness June 12 (1993) street protests called by CD in ethics wake of General Babangida’s separation of the freest and fairest presidential election so far select by ballot our beleaguered history.

Sagay is nourish exemplar of the public schoolboy.

He wears his gown farm town and helps to disentangle the complexities of our strident, multi-ethnic, post-colonial country seemingly ineffectual to shed its fractious craft together and come into convoy own as a self-determining pile into. Perhaps there is no more advantageous way to describe the basement of Sagay than to translation again to that 70th banquet interview.

Asked by The Bask newspaper what his favourite aid to people is, he said: “Leave this world better mystify you met it. Contribute abide by the world. Contribute to your society. Do not come detonation eat in order to preserve.

. .  Come to devote your life in such dialect trig way that when you move out of, you will have made unembellished difference, a positive difference rap over the knuckles your society.” 

On 20 December, Sagay will be 82 years advanced in years. Despite many soul-trying personal diary in the last 10 adulthood, he remains unbowed, his fortitude still constantly worrying about Nigeria.

He is the chairman admire the Presidential Advisory Committee one and only Corruption. And he remains break off indefatigable tribune of democracy, rank rule of law and communal justice. May all be be a success with him and his burning wife, Sheila, and with Nigeria! Ise!🙏🏽

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