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| Justice Muhammad,others after the Match (photo Credit - Nation) |
At the end of the about 30- minute match, the Bench team led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mahmud Mohammed, who scored the second goal of the match, won with four goals to the Bar team’s one.
The friendly match was part of the opening activities of this year’s NBA’s annual conference.
The Bench team paraded “players” like Justices John Okoro (Supreme Court), Ibrahim Auta (Chief Judge of the Federal High Court), Babatude Adejumo (President, National Industrial Court) and Ishaq Bello (Chief Judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital Tarritory) and the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Ahmed Saleh.
The Bar team, led by former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Wole Olanipekun (SAN), included “players” Joe Gadzama (SAN), Adeniyi Akintola (SAN) and Dele Adesina (SAN).
It was a rare sight to see senior justices, judges and lawyers, some of who are over 60 years, chased the round-leather, with some tripping occasionally, to the admiration of the crowd made up of justices, judges, lawyers, court officials, security personnel, among others.
At the end of the match, the CJN, who exited the field of play after scoring his only goal about 15 minutes of play, expressed delight at the objective behind the event and commended the organisers.
He suggested that the event be organised annually to further bolster the needed cordial relationship between the Bench and the Bar.
“That is how it should be the Bar and the Bench should complement each other in the administration of justice and legal practice which has been demonstrated today. I have gained a lot by keeping fit.
“There is a need for unity in the profession so that Nigeria will be a better country. I enjoyed it , most of us should participate in sports, I also participated during the opening ceremony of the Amadu Bello Stadium in 1962,” the CJN said
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