COSON LAWYER HAMMERS EFE OMOROGBE & “AIBEE” ABIDOYE
Mr.
James Ononiwu of Whitedove Solicitors, renowned lawyer to Copyright
Society of Nigeria (COSON) has swiftly reacted to a media statement
jointly issued by Efe Omorogbe who led the failed 2017 “coup’ in COSON
and his friend, Ibukun “Aibee” Abidoye of Chocolate City Music.
In
separate but similar letters to Mr. Omorogbe and Ms. Abidoye titled
“WARNING!” and dated March 20, 2020, Mr. Ononiwu took serious issues
with the duo for attacking the 10 billion naira lawsuit recently filed
by COSON against the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC).
In his letter to Omorogbe, Mr. Ononiwu wrote, “Our attention has been drawn to an ill-advised statement dated March 19, 2020 credited to you and one Ibukun “Aibee” Abidoye in which you went on a tirade against our client in what is clearly another attempt to damage the image and hard won reputation of our client.
“We
are not unaware of the likely frustration you may be going through as a
result of the calamitous and disgraceful failure of your plot to hijack
the Chairmanship of COSON and take over the society in 2017, a plot
which the members of COSON overwhelmingly shot down. You are obviously
unhappy that despite everything you have thrown at our client, in your
rage at the wholesale rejection by the members of our client of your
plot to take over COSON, our client continues to stand tall.
“We
however did not believe that your desperation will get to the point
where you will completely throw caution to the wind and publicly and
openly become the judge in an important matter before a court of
competent jurisdiction in which you are not even a party. How dare
you!!!
Continued
Mr. Ononiwu, “It appears that after three years of your misadventure,
you are still daydreaming of leading COSON, an organization you have
done everything to strangulate and impose punishment on its innocent
members. Be told that your current attempt to desecrate the temple of
justice will not be laughed at.
“Are
you saying that the Nigerian Copyright Commission with its battery of
lawyers is not competent to defend itself with respect to the weighty
issues our client has brought to court or are you confirming the wide
speculation that you have been working hand in hand with some people in
the NCC in the attempt to strangulate COSON and impoverish the thousands
of members of COSON? Are you saying that COSON which has been built on
the constant questioning of the law no longer has any right to go to
court to question the use or misuse of Nigerian law? Meanwhile, both you
and Ms. Abidoye’s company are in court seeking judgment against our
client!”
The
fiery Lagos lawyer concluded by warning Efe Omorogbe and “Aibee
Abidoye”. In the words of Mr. Ononiwu, “You are hereby severely warned
that Nigeria remains a nation of laws and if you do not caution yourself
and desist henceforth from being a self-appointed judge, publicly
commenting and passing judgment on any of our client’s cases before any
court of law, we will ensure that the full weight of the law is brought
against you without any further reference to you”
