‘Stop begging for failed Law School students’
The Body of Benchers, whose responsibility is to admit and call successful students of the Nigerian Law School to the bar, has warned Nigerians to desist from begging for the students who failed their final Bar examination. The Nigerian Law School was said to have recorded mass failure in the 2013/2014 final Bar examination. About 50 per cent of the students reportedly failed the examination. The body, through its Chairman, Chief Onomigbo Okpoko (SAN), said in a statement obtained on Thursday that it had been inundated with requests of members of the public for waiver and review of the results. Okpoko explained that the responsibility of the Body of Benchers was limited to admitting and calling successful law school students to bar. He therefore asked the public to stop requesting for waiver or review of the result “as it has absolutely nothing to do with the conduct of Bar exams.” He said, “Nigerians must learn to play by the rules always and accept what the rule...
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