Popular lawyer, Role Olanipekun (SAN), has reflected on the controversy that trailed his decision to be part of the team that asked the Supreme Court to review its decision on the Bayelsa State governorship battle.
The court had stopped David Lyon’s election due to irregularities in his profiles.
Olanipekun and another legal giant, Chief Afe Babalola, represented the APC and Lyon respectively in the review case.
They were, however, fined N30m each by the Supreme Court for filing the review seeking suit on behalf of their clients.
Speaking on Sunday in Ikere Ekiti on Sunday during a thanksgiving service in commemoration of a multi-million naira ultra-modern 1,600 capacity church auditorium that he donated to the St. Peters Anglican Church, Ikere Ekiti, said the truth of the matter would be revealed with time.
Olanipekun said, “I have not had any regret, I can tell you, in the profession of law that I have practised since 1976 when I was called to the bar, I thank God for what he has made out of me. I see it as a ministry. Forget about what you read, I have done no wrong. Truth will come out.
“I haven’t done any wrong. I would be one of the few lawyers in Nigeria, who would say that I tried as much as possible to practise the profession in the best tradition of the bar, the best tradition of the legal profession.
“At the end of the day, truth will come out. We thank God for everything. I won’t say more than that now.”
