Olawale A. Bakare

Rule of law & human rights advocate | Legal policy analysis | Accountability & governance | UK-based

[Thaniel @Olaolu_thaniel]

Nigerian Election Winners are directly proportional to the amount spent…

Here is what’s concerning, Do you really think a candidate who spent 10 Billion Naira to Win an election is coming to Serve you? 🤔

#2027elections #peterobi #atiku #sowore #tinubu

[Coconut Head 🇳🇬 @Proficience_]

@natpopcom why refuse to provide register of children alleged to be Illegally adopted? @nassnigeria why @DthaOfficial was allowed to amend child right act even though comr Aghogho raised alarm about it. Why is @DSGovernment
Keeping aghogho in jail? #FreeAghogho

@RtHonSheriff stop the tyranny

[Oyindamola🙄 @dammiedammie35]

“Nigerians wake up”

Northern youths take it to the street to protest against b@d government 🪧🙌🏼

[bisoye @AbisoyeOmotosho]

It’s 6pm… and still no update from Nigerian Police.

No statement. No accountability. Just silence.

So that “officers on their way to Abuja” was for what exactly? Just another way to calm Nigerians down?

We’ve seen this pattern too many times. Delay it, go quiet, then hope it fades.

We’re still watching. This one won’t be ignored.
@PoliceNG @PoliceNG_CRU

[FESTUS OGUN @mrfestusogun]

I find it so cringe that lawyers are justifying FG’s decision to whimsically release El-Rufai despite his remand by court.

A person remanded by an order of court can only be released by an order of court.

There is no excuse for this executive lawlessness.

[𝐎i𝐀 @___OIA]

Remove sentiment, where is the lie here Obidients?

When the truth hurts the Obidients, they become hostile, hear what they want in their heads, push propaganda they cannot defend, and spread lies.

Sowore’s criticism of Alex Otti’s performance in Abia State was his opinion, based on his own standard. Sowore also revealed to Nigerians again as this is not the first time; that Alex Otti is his friend. If Sowore, as an opposition figure, is willing to criticise his friend openly for half transformation relative to expected standards, this is beneficial for democracy. The idea that a politician’s friendship should prevent open criticism should no longer apply in the Nigeria of our dreams. Just think about it.

However, if the people of Abia state insist that this is the best they deserve, then so be it.
As I often say: “The people always win, but that does not mean the people are always right.” ~OIA✊🏼

[Olawale A. Bakare @IamMandate]

Your people were r@p£d and sexually assaulted in Ozoro. No respect for the experiences and plight of the victims or their families. No visible apprehension, distress or sympathy. Your vacation matters more than all of those.

This is the kind of nonentity in charge of public affairs.

And then, we wonder why Nigeria is where it is.

@RtHonSheriff, are you proud of this fellow?!

We do not have a country!

[𝐀𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐲𝐆𝐑𝐍 @AsakyGRN]

“Commissioner of police in Delta state, allow me to enjoy my vacation in peace. The tagging is too much. What is gr&p3 festival in Delta State? Did the Commissioner of police don’t know his job? Everybody should be arrested.”

— Xxssive, SA on media to Delta State governor.

[Olawale A. Bakare @IamMandate]

As the SA to @RtHonSheriff, the Executive Governor of Delta State, the same state that pays you well enough to take a misguided vacation to South Africa.

You really think this is best response the people of Ozoro, and the Nigerian people deserve?!

In a saner clime, element like you are not even fit to clean toilets in primary schools (ultimum respect to the men and women serving and protecting our kids).

You disgust me!

[𝐀𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐲𝐆𝐑𝐍 @AsakyGRN]

“Commissioner of police in Delta state, allow me to enjoy my vacation in peace. The tagging is too much. What is gr&p3 festival in Delta State? Did the Commissioner of police don’t know his job? Everybody should be arrested.”

— Xxssive, SA on media to Delta State governor.

[Olawale A. Bakare @IamMandate]

Oh no!!!!!!

Everyone who can be identified in this video must be brought to book.

To include whoever the traditional ruler in Ozoro is!

These beasts must not go unpunished!

Omg!

[TENIOLA @Teeniiola]

Many girls have reportedly been r@p£d and m0l£sted by men in Ozoro during what is being described as a “r@p!ng festival” in the area.

According to multiple reports and videos circulating online, today is said to be the day of this festival in the Ozoro community, and girls are wvrned not to go outside. It is alleged that any girl seen outside could be att@ck£d and r@p£d by groups of men.

Foreigners who are unaware of this situation have reportedly fallen v!ctim as well. There is Delta state university in Ozoro, and many female students may not be fully aware of the d@nger. It is distvrbing that something like this could be tolerated in society. This is heartbreaking, and urgent action needs to be taken.

[Olawale A. Bakare @IamMandate]

Dear @mrfestusogun,

You know I dont have such strength and resources to waste on unecessary and completely avoidable situations as these.

So, let's imagine I want a particular matter handled by myself. And I had to fly into the country from London. All to come and hear "Sorry, my Lord is not sitting". You think I will not collapse on the spot?

It's not even funny, learned friend.

Very big kudos to you for taking the courage to bring this to bare.

And those who are encouraging this with silence because they dont want to "offend the system" should know that, they'll eventually end up being eaten-up by the same system they're trying to preserve. If they think it will get any better for them in a "silk robe", I hate to break it to them that they're chasing shadows.

I witnessed these first hand in 2019, the most respected and reverend SAN, Femi Falana @femifalana_SAN spent several millions of naira to fly to Abuja multiple times to appear in defense of myself and @sowore against the Federal Government of Nigeria. Many a time his efforts were rewarded with the most ridiculous adjournments, and were merely reduced to just "pick a date", which can be several weeks or even months away. Courts in Nigeria can be easily manipulated in the favour of the mighty!

I also realise many Nigerian lawyers aspire to be SAN for the most ridiculous reasons:

1. Hope that the court will at least treat them better and accord them the basic respect they finally deserve.

2. So that they'll at least possess the unchallenged ability to oppress the small wigs.

This misguided ambitions are the fuel that keep the oppresion and most shenanigans in the judicial system alive. Almost everyone is a slave to an ambition that doesn't respect their existence, and a willing participant in a system that is designed to frustrate them.

In the UK we have the principle of "OVERRING OBJECTIVES" to protect lawyers. In Nigeria, the court instead OVERRIDE your basic right and dignity to service the ego of the few. We cannot be fighting oppression in the country, and that same oppression is crystallised and institutionalised in the so-called temples of justice.

"Are you not on the platform?" So backward!!! 🤦‍♀️

I have maximum respects for "Mi Lords" and I am not oblivion of the challenges they equally face. But they need to understand that a system that cannot build for them, something as basic as an advanced and befitting platform or portal for seamless communications and secure exchanges between all parties is a system that doesn't respect even them. And nothing will change without their own understanding and cooperation as well.

This write up is not a swipe at or attack on anyone. It is just to further magnify the basic fact we all already know, that: We really can not continue like this.

Olawale A. Bakare,
London, United Kingdom.
17/March/2026.

[FESTUS OGUN @mrfestusogun]

@IamMandate Please come and join us oo. 😁

[Inibehe Effiong @InibeheEffiong]

A coffee shop in Asia is going viral for only hiring Down syndrome employees to give them a chance to work.

This is so thoughtful ❤️

[Olawale A. Bakare @IamMandate]

This is too heartbreaking!!!💔

Nigerian wigs are the most disrespected in the world.

One of the reasons I am very reluctant to get into the Nigerian Bar.

[FESTUS OGUN @mrfestusogun]

Sorry, My Lord is not Sitting

[Olawale A. Bakare @IamMandate]

Lmao!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[Inibehe Effiong @InibeheEffiong]

This is a key reasons why I am struggling with organized religion.

It’s really difficult.

No way I will sit in Church and listen to this man and not be repulsed.

[Olawale A. Bakare @IamMandate]

In 2015, Aziz Al Ibrahim, the Minister of Electricity and Energy in Kuwait, resigned because he couldn't resolve a power issue fast enough.

In 2017, Lee Chi Kung resigned as a Minister of Economic Affairs because of a technical error that affected 6 generators and consequently caused a black out in some parts of Taiwan for just ONE night.

In 2016, the Minister of Power in Ghana, Kwabena Donkar, resigned because he failed to meet his own deadline.

In 2024, Kanja Sesay, the Minister of Energy in Sierra Leone, resigned because of a one-time national blackout.

The same year (2024), the President of Maldova sacked Victor Parlicov because he couldn't provide timely solutions to the energy crisis.

But in Nigeria, where ministerial positions and crucial public offices are used as a reward system to party loyalists, sycophantic elements and political predators; the administration of @officialABAT manages to reward the MINISTRY OF POWER to the most incompetent specie in the political history of Nigeria.

This same person showed off his mansion on the internet in a country where over 63% of the citizens wallow in multidimensional poverty.

And what is the reaction of Nigerians?

They turned it into a comedy carnival. To them, it is just another NORMAL ridiculous and usual buffoonery they expect from their leaders. They hardly think they deserve any better or that this is so abnormal that at least a dozen people should be sacked for this criminality.

Nigerians politicians are the luckiest in the world.

I have lived in England for almost 6years now. And I have never experienced power outage even once. I have white friends in their 30s who have never experienced power outage even for 1-minutes (60 seconds). Ever! If such happens here, they will not only be discussing resignation. There'll be inquiries upon inquiries. They might even set up a whole commission to investigate criminal sabotage, mismanagement, corruption, embezzlement, or any other practices that could land the minister in prison.

In the future, we will all act as if we don't know why we are where we are. We, the citizens, are as guilty as these corrupt politicians, for allowing them to hold over 200million people on chokehold without any active or organised resistance aside comical derisions.

Olawale A. Bakare
London, United Kingdom
10/March/2026

[Morris Monye @Morris_Monye]

This is the most embarrassing part for me.

We all know about the bullion van except Bwala. �

[Head to Head @AJHeadtoHead]

“I never said that.”

Here is the evidence for every quote Nigeria’s presidential spokesperson Daniel Bwala denied saying in his appearance on Head to Head with @mehdirhasan.

▶️ Full episode https://t.co/PrWvGs9tkq