American Immigration Lawyer Offers N200k to UI Law Graduate over Her Bold Project Topic
- The bold project topic of a University of Ibadan (UI) law graduate on capital punishment has caught the attention of an American immigration lawyer
- The US lawyer, principal attorney of The Law Office of Akintunde F. Adeyemo, PLLC, has offered the law graduate a N200k reward
- Barrister Chidera Divine Ebimnamaonye, a Nigerian lawyer, spoke on the legality of capital punishment in Nigeria in an exclusive chat with Legit.ng
Barrister Akintunde Festus Adeyemo, founder and principal attorney of The Law Office of Akintunde F. Adeyemo, PLLC, has offered N200k to Abboud Mariam Chizaram, a University of Ibadan law graduate, because of her interesting project topic on capital punishment.
Mariam became a viral sensation and made headlines some days ago after she displayed the cover page of her project work on X (formerly Twitter), which featured her project topic.
Source: Facebook
Many people found her project topic, "Let God judge them but send them to him first: Reclaiming justice in Nigeria through enforced capital punishment," quite interesting and wondered what inspired it.
Lawyer seeks help in locating UI graduate
In a Facebook post on Friday, February 20, the US-based lawyer appealed to netizens to help him locate the lady so he could give her the money.
Akintunde recalled how his professor in law school disliked his stance on the death penalty, noting that he was a controversial student then.
"Help me to find this brilliant lady: N200k for her!
"Back in law school, during death penalty seminar, I was such a controversial student. My professor did not like my stand on the death penalty. No mitigating factor, bla, bla, bla!" he wrote.
Is enforced capital punishment constitutional in Nigeria?
Speaking exclusively with Legit.ng, Barrister Chidera Divine Ebimnamaonye, founder of Pure Legal Solicitors, confirmed that capital punishment is constitutional and legal in Nigeria.
According to him, capital punishment deters crimes.
"Capital punishment is constitutional and legal in Nigeria. When we read through chapter 4, particularly section 33 of the 1999 constitution, you will find out that the death penalty or capital offences were captured in the gamut of our constitution.
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"Yes, it deters crime. Humans are rational beings; when they compare the consequences of a crime and its benefits, they will agree that nothing equates to their life. Capital punishment deters crimes."
Source: Facebook
See his Facebook post below:
US-based lawyer's offer stirs reactions
Legit.ng has compiled some reactions to the lawyer's offer below:
Omolara Afunsho Eniola said:
"Congratulations to her.
"God bless you VC."
Aderohunmu Abdurrokeeb said:
"Congratulations.
"Let me sharpaly send a text message to one of her colleagues."
Titilayo Oluwatomisin said:
"Congrats oooo Mo ba Onire Yo So that My own can come Along."
Kuforiji Rahmot said:
"Omo, she really deserves it.
"This her topic is worth reading ooo."
Felix A. Adenusi said:
"It is likely she lost her beloved through evil people which triggered this project topic."
Xman Raji said:
"Congratulations on the excellent work she has done. However, I believe many people do not fully understand that corruption has a very broad meaning.
"Subconsciously, we often limit corruption to stealing or embezzling money, or to cases where money is directly involved, such as contract inflation. In reality, corruption goes far beyond that. Sometimes it involves money indirectly, and sometimes it does not involve money at all.
"After Sahur this morning, I decided to watch Channels TV on YouTube. The first report was about Osun State, where the government engaged a consultant to investigate the issue of ghost workers. It was discovered that more than 9,000 salaries were being paid into a single BVN account, while in other cases about 600 salaries were paid into one account. This clearly involves money, whether directly or indirectly. I'd agree that capital punishment for the perpetrators of this.
"But consider another example. If someone is awarded a contract not because of merit but because of a personal relationship or family connection, that is also corruption. Should such a person face capital punishment as well?
"I believe we must be precise and specific when discussing punishment for corruption and the variants of it."
UI law graduate bags first-class degree
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a University of Ibadan first-class graduate had disclosed that he wrote the UTME three times.
The fresh graduate, of the class of 2025, celebrated his academic feat on X (formerly Twitter), displaying a booklet where he was listed among other first-class law students in his graduating set.
He identified the exemplary individuals who stood out to him and served as sources of inspiration in his quest for academic excellence while also being a techie.
Source: Legit.ng
