Mayowa Abiru was the overall best student of the six campuses of the Nigerian Law School in the 2018/2019 academic session. The 22-year-old, who is a graduate of Babcock University in Ogun State, tells TUNDE AJAJA his plans for the future and how he moved from having a second-class degree at the university to being the best law student in the countryIt is a dream come true.
I won 11 awards at the 2019 Call to Bar ceremony and they include D. D. Dodo, OFR, prize for the third best overall student in professional ethics and skills; Justice J.O. Shofolahan prize for the best overall student in corporate law practice; Mallam Y.O. Ali prize for the best overall male student of the year; Nigerian Bar Association prize for the best overall male student; and Boinime Jackson Lott Foundation prize for the best student of the year.
I entered the law school with the singular goal of getting a first-class grade because in my first degree at Babcock University, I was 0.2 short of finishing with a first-class degree. I had promised my mum I would graduate with a first-class degree at the university and when I couldn’t, it further fuelled my determination to rectify the situation at the law school.
I set out my academic goals for the day in clear achievable terms and I did all I could to meet up. So, what worked for me was to work during the day and sleep at night. But in spite of that, I was quite sociable in law school. I met good people that I would cherish forever and I attended different gatherings with my peers. It would have been boring if everything was about my studies.
Never, my parents would never reward you with material gifts for performing well in your studies. My father is opposed to that idea. I think the reason is because they always want us to understand that performing well in your studies is a favour to yourself and not a favour to your parents. They didn’t want us to work hard because of a gift that was waiting for us; they wanted us to work hard because it was the right thing to do.
Given your resolve to graduate with a first-class degree from the law school, what was the most extreme thing you think you did in your studies to attain that goal?
I’m so proud of you, but that colonialist wig just has to go baby! Blonde hair is not a sign of intelligence nor superiority, it’s just the remnants of a colonial master, which doesn’t reflect freedom at all, only the Stockholm syndrome.
Congrats man! Please be useful to the system. Don’t end up like those we have today.
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Who Law help? It's not by mouth or being an overall student of our fake and fraudulent educational system. La Cram, La Pour. Go out there and proof you are not another awaiting 39billion gang minion. Don't be a pain in our flesh as a member of the judiciary.
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