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Prof Aluko’s weeping night
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By Yinka Odumakin
I SAW the late Prof. Jide Aluko who was Head of the International Relations Department in Ife until Mr. Femi Falana got him sentenced to death of eternal shame in 1987 over the misappropriation of some grant to the department, a few nights ago.
Interestingly, it was the professor who approached the court presided over by Justice Adeniran for libel. He had sued Dr. M. A. Ojo, a colleague for shredding his character. Unfortunately for him, Dr. Ojo engaged Mr. Falana who was then with Aka-Bashorun chambers.
When the case started, Aluko’s lawyers came with the biggest law books in town but Falana had a small bag. I have learnt not to judge him by the volumes of his books but the briefs in his head since he handled my case and Kola Odetola against then University of Ife before the same judge a few months earlier.