I was transferred from Lagos to Abuja as the Judicial Correspondent for ThisDay Newspapers in the early part of 2001. Later that year
, my Law Editor, Ms Funke Aboyade, now a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, on a visit to Abuja, told me it was important that I cover the Supreme Court; collect all their judgments which were usually delivered on Fridays and despatch to Lagos. She also told me that I needed to get acquainted with the Chief Justice of Nigeria.
His Lordship believed so much in me that he gave me an opportunity to produce my first video documentary; The Supreme Court of Nigeria, First 50 Years. My acknowledgment of him in my book – Court of Appeal, 40 Years and Counting, bears testimony of his immense influence on my professional development and I hereby reproduce it.
For one whose dream was to become a judge at 45 and probably retire from the High Court at 65, Hon. Justice Muhammadu Lawal Uwais is indeed a child of destiny.
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