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Gani Versus Cancer case is adjourned forever – Bar. ATERE

 

 

 

                        Reports by  Bayo Adediran

One of the Senior Special Assistan (SSA) to the Ondo State Governor. Barrister Tunde Atere has declared that the case of  Gani Fawehinmi Versus Messers Cancer  had been adjourned till further notice

Atere made these declaration among other while speaking with Sunshine Daily Watch on how Chief Gani Fawehinmi  was able to curbed crime while alife with genuine poverty alleviation and empowerment programmes.

The S.S.A whose portfolio is Project Monitoring of Ondo North Senatorial District, who was part of the leading team of senior lawyers who received the corpse of Gani at Akure Stadium during the day of tribute and lying in state described as a dogged fighter against injustice and senior advocate of masses.

He said  Gani was a social crusader who fought for the down trodden of the people, who stood as the father to fatherless, who gave scholarships to a lot of Nigerians who ordinarily wouldn’t have gotten the opportunities of going to school and frustration might have sent such people into perpetrating crimes.

 Atere further said that in  Gani’s life time, he did not only give scholarship, he also ensure that they are gainfully employed after completion  of their studies, even artisans are well empowered, so, with all these, the legal mogul, an icon who fought against crime in our society.

“The fact remains that Gani   in his life time spent his money to educate the less privileged, he even assisted them to be gainfully employed.

In his further revelation about Gani , Atere said that late Gani  used his money to liberate the down trodden, the commoners, feed the less privilege.

He   raises the hope of hopeless and never compromised his stand against injustice “Gani fought the liberation of his country. he even fought the disease that took his life but unfortunately, the disease won the battle. The case of Gani versus Cancer was adjourned and adjourned forever.” Atere said.

While advising his learned colleagues, Barrister Atere described law profession as a social engineering profession, he said that, lawyers should be able to care for the less privileged in he society, at least the legacy of Gani  is worthy of emulation.

 He said, “We are lawyers today, because God wants us to fight for justice and liberate both human beings and enthrone democracy in Nigeria”.

“There are lots of injustices in this country; people are been oppressed, harassed and victimized, most of the oppressed don’t have money to employ services of lawyers; I advised that we should fill in the gap, stand in for them and fight their course”