Former Great Ife Lord Chancellor Bags Award in Law School
By David Ogunlade In what seems to be a turn around, Abiodun Samuel Adesanya, former Lord Chancellor of the Great Ife Students' Union bagged an Award of Meritorious Service at the Nigerian Law School. Popularly called Lincoln, Abiodun served as the Chairman of the Judicial Council (Lord Chancellor) of the apex body of over 30,000 students at Obafemi Awolowo University from November 2023 to May 2024. He had earlier served a 3-term tenure as a parliamentarian on the Law Students' Representative Council, Faculty of Law, before his elevation to the Bench. His six month reign was marked with strong adherence to the principle of judicial independence, equity, fairness and justice. He would rather run his tenure with zero kobo than to dabble into financial mess, upholding financial transparency and accountability at the Bench. He presided over controversial cases that shook and shaped the political terrain of the university community. Abiodun's vehement opposition to...