Odi Lagi

Executive Director-NULAI Nigera; Co-President-Global Alliance for Justice Education; Board member- Action4Justice International.

[NULAI Nigeria @NULAINigeria]

What’s at stake with CAMA 2020?

Global Rights, Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) & NULAI convened a Media Roundtable on the ongoing strategic litigation challenging provisions that could limit civil society in Nigeria.

Civic space matters 🔗https://t.co/WbRLadq2Fs

[Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, CGoF @ChidiOdinkalu]

Let's be clear: The claim by the chairman of @officialEFCC labelling 60% of students in #Nigeria's tertiary universities as criminals is plainly irresponsible & unconscionable.

It is not law enforcement.

1st, it is outside the statutory responsibility of the #EFCC to profile a demographic or social group by reason of or with reference to their station in life. #Nigeria's constitution actually prohibits that.

2nd, it is already difficult enough to be young in Nigeria at this time without having to deal with being officially labelled as expendable by the authority of the Chairman of the EFCC.

3rd, the EFCC was established to go after high profile criminals & #PoliticallyExposedPersons who have designs on Nigeria's patrimony. Those are not students. They are politicians & in pursuit of that species, the record of the EFCC is - at best - abysmal. The only political rogues whom the EFCC is able or willing to pursue are those who are in opposition. Even in that, it mostly has worse than a patchy record. Those of them in the ruling party are patrons of the EFCC.

4th, the EFCC has not provided proof that its claim against or about students is founded on any study or survey that can stand the test of minimal methodological rigour. If it had, then the thing to do would be to make that report public so that its claims can be assessed with due regard to its methods.

Above all, even assuming that the EFCC has undertaken a rigorous study to inform this claim, it amounts to an irresponsible waste of public resources to focus on or prioritise students over & above the politicians who have kidnapped Nigeria & hold its citizens & communities hostage to sovereign ransom.

It will be interesting to see the EFCC's study on what proportion of Nigerian politicians are involved in criminal pillage or, in fact, what proportion of civil servants or even judges & magistrates are thieves.

Until the EFCC Chairman can produce such studies, his attempt to criminalise Nigeria's young people, especially students, must assume its pitiful place in a disreputable pantheon.

The Chairman of @officialEFCC has not yet made good on his promise to bring @OfficialGYBKogi to account.

He is still unable to comply with the order of @SupremeCourtNg to ensure the retrial of @OUKtweets.

The Commission seems congenitally wired to fail in bringing every senior politician to account, including those caught with their hands in the proverbial cookie jar.

The EFCC should not be this idle or distracted.

It is unfortunate that a succession of public servants with pathetically thin records of achievement turn on Nigeria's young people & students when they should have more important things to do.

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[NULAI Nigeria @NULAINigeria]

The Preliminary Rounds of the Environmental Justice & Climate Impact Litigation Moot Court Competition (EJCIL-MC) have officially concluded and 4 outstanding universities are advancing to the Semi-Finals!...https://t.co/ay0DlZsxW1

[Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, CGoF @ChidiOdinkalu]

In 2021 when @NG_AbiaState sought to recruit judges during the administration of @IkpeazuOkezie, a Chief Magistrate slumped & died over reports that her name was not included in the final list of candidates submitted to the @njcNig after she had borrowed funds to pay bribes to be appointed a judge.

In the end, the recruitment was aborted. It was the beginning of a tortured tale of frustrated judicial hires in Abia. It has taken 5 yrs for the state to finally get the permission of @CourtOfAppealNG to resume the hire of judges.

This is an object lesson in why it is necessary to address the problem of corruption in the hire of judges in #Nigeria.

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[NULAI Nigeria @NULAINigeria]

The race is still on!

The 20th NCCC is entering its decisive stage.

15 law faculties competed in the Preliminary Rounds. 6 teams now advance to the Semi-Finals on Jan 28, 2026.

Winner will represent Nigeria at the ICCC in April, Croatia. Stay tuned!

#NCCC20

[Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, CGoF @ChidiOdinkalu]

In 2025 so far for #Nigeria:

1. A former Chief Justice has just died in a hospital in Saudi Arabia;

2. A former president died in a hospital in the United Kingdom

3. The current president of @NGRSenate is said to be hospitalized in England.

....The dividends of democracy!

[Odi Lagi @OdiLagi]

@martobono This is heart breaking, whatever is the motivation behind this is wickedness, and those responsible for planning and doing this are rotten and evil. They are not human

[Odi Lagi @OdiLagi]

Come join us. Let's contribute to using law to shape environmental sustainability and climate justice. @Globalrightsng @OpenSociety @Action4Justice @gencgov @obanipedi

[NULAI Nigeria @NULAINigeria]

Shaping the Future of Environmental Justice: Join Us for the Launch of the Environmental Justice & Climate Impact Litigation Moot Court. Register https://t.co/EtiELx1BAF

Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Time: 4 PM - 5 PM (WAT)

[Odi Lagi @OdiLagi]

@martobono Totally agree. I also think NBA should still sue under fundamental rights. This is a wrongful death. While we wait for law reform, strategic litigation is needed NOW

[NULAI Nigeria @NULAINigeria]

We’re in Lagos for @PILnet's Regional Convening!

Today, NULAI is hosting a session (anchored by @mahmudyusuf) on engaging law students & schools to nurture the next generation of public interest lawyers.

Proud to be part of this important event. #ProBonoAfrica #AccessToJustice

[Odi Lagi @OdiLagi]

@ChidiOdinkalu My father-in-law is among Nasarawa 36, and he didn't make it back alive 😢

[Odi Lagi @OdiLagi]

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[Odi Lagi @OdiLagi]

Join us to discuss judicial reforms under Chief Justice of Nigeria and their potential impact on future political litigations, even as the 2027 Royal Rumble cranks up. @Globalrightsng @partnersnigeria @GlblCtzn @TapNitiative @NULAINigeria @ABU_LawClinic @ChidiOdinkalu

[NULAI Nigeria @NULAINigeria]

1 day to go!
Tomorrow we are live on X Space.
Realities or Rhetoric? Assessing Judicial Reforms under Chief Justice Kekere-Ekun CJN

Join the conversation https://t.co/xzcblDChSb

Supported by @hbsNigeria

#JudicialReform
#CivicSpace
#DemocracylnNigeria
#NULAINigeria

[Odi Lagi @OdiLagi]

When we lose a great person, the pain is especially painful. IGP Arase is and was a great example that policing could be done right. RIP, Sir, and thank you for your service 🥲🥲😭💔💔

[Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, CGoF @ChidiOdinkalu]

Solo.... This is beyond heartbreak. I can only say thank you for stories that will be told someday. Thank you for the lives your saved, including mine!💔🙏💔

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[NEFERTITI @firstladyship]

How do I explain to my children unborn, “that those who ruled & have continued to rule Nigeria, always died abroad?” Those who ruled & are still ruling, have zero sense of shame.

Abdulsalam Abubakar said he was at the same hospital with Buhari in London. It is shameful, more than embarrassing, that none of the ‘strongmen’ that misruled Nigeria, could build a single hospital (where they can treated).

Bola Tinubu should pay attention to all the Twitter comments on Buhari. Perhaps he can begin to turn a new leaf. He can change (it's never too late to do the right thing).

Seyi Tinubu is no longer going on camera to gaslight the nation. He owes his father the gospel truth. Seyi should gauge all the comments & advise his father accordingly.

No one is going to sugarcoat anything, there’s still time to end the tyranny & bad governance.

Sunday Igboho celebrated Buhari's d£ath. I'm sure Nnamdi Kanu will share the same opinion. Buhari’s demise has become a teachable moment in our History. While opinion differ, no one can deny the fact that PMB squandered the most ginormous goodwill since HOPE '93.

While some AREWA influencers were busy gaslighting the South, Northerners were jubilating. What an irony! No matter the side you belong, the undeniable lesson is that “one should endeavor to live a better life."

This generation are not the "Lost Generation" of Nigerians that deodorized everything. We will say it the way they ought to be said. Buhari & Tinubu's generation destroyed our country.

They are yet to repent from their old ways. They damaged our past, our present & our future.

He died in a foreign hospital. He always rushed to the UK for his medical tourism. They leave Nigeria worst than they met it. Opinion is divided, Nigerians are sharply divided. He divided us in life, he divided us in death.

They will never respect you while live. They want you to respect them in death. But the respect that I know is reciprocal in nature. You will receive the same energy you dished out.

A word of advise:

Tinubu should build that world-class hospital in Nigeria (where he can visit for medicals). He should fix the healthcare system in Nigeria. Stop rushing to France & the UK. There is still time to fix Nigeria, & the time starts NOW?

[Odi Lagi @OdiLagi]

@annadaop Saying is spiritual is an excuse for those who want to abdicate responsibility. It wasn't just moronic, it was way up stupid

[NULAI Nigeria @NULAINigeria]

Register to join us at our upcoming webinar series. The first webinar will explore the theme: Gender & Corruption Nexus: Impact of Judicial Accountability on Women Participation in Election & Politics. - https://t.co/cy3Ttsp89l

[NigeriaMourns @NigeriaMourns]

Dear President @officialABAT

Nigerians need #SecurityNotCondolences

#NationalDayOfMourning25

[NULAI Nigeria @NULAINigeria]

#WCW | Celebrating Excellence

Today, we celebrate one of our own, a shining example of excellence!
Congratulations to Phoebe on graduating from the Nigerian Law School with First Class Honours!

We are proud of your outstanding achievement. Keep soaring!