Mr Olawale Babalakin (SAN), a legal practitioner has appealed to the members of the bar to save the law profession from the threat of ignominy and ensure better reputation and acceptable credibility.
He made the plea at the 20th year celebration of legal luminary, Yusuf Ali in the inner chamber.
Babalakin asserted that the legal profession can only be saved by a unified stand by lawyers to always stand by and speak the truth at all times.
In his words;
“Only the lawyers can save the legal profession. legal profession is threatened, unless lawyers come together and realise that we have to protect our law by speaking the truth and all situation irrespective of who is affected, we will become part of the decay of the nation. We are at a very difficult threshold as a country.
“We have created a very low standard, which is what now benchmark. My take is: Can we in this part of the world, continue to deteriorate, while those in other part of the world who we are supposed to compete with continue to improve?”
Yusuf Ali, SAN who was being being honored, posited the importance of the strict adherence to the rule of law in the country.
