Usman Belgore had his LL.B from Bayero University, Kano in 2014, he
proceeded to the Nigerian Law School, Abuja campus in 2014 and was
subsequently called to Bar in 2015. During his NYSC between 2015 to
2016, he practiced in Osun State at the chambers of M.O Agboola who is
now a judge. Belgore later joined Tafa Ahmad & Co. in Ilorin, in 2016.
A year later, the young Belgore joined J.S Bamigboye SAN. He’s
currently in partnership with Yusuf Suleiman with whom he co-owned a
law firm, Suleiman Belgore & Co. He speaks with our JUDICIARY
CORRESPONDENT, KAYODE ADEOTI, on his most daunting day in court as a
legal practitioner. Excerpts:
The experience I had in this legal practice which I can easily recall
happened during my internship period. On this day, the court room
where I had proceedings was so small that lawyers had to wait outside
till their case is called before they come in. We were having
difficulty with the process so, we spoke to the judge about it and he
said, a space should be reserved for us. During this time, I just had
an appendix operation.
I didn’t study in Ilorin, I didn’t know many lawyers, so, when our
colleagues were coming in and ordering us to get up for them to sit,
we negated because we were following the judge’s order. A lawyer came
in and ordered me to stand up for him to sit but I refused. He got
annoyed and said, ‘what is this legal profession turning into,
ordinary intern would not want to respect his superior’.
During the argument, I replied the senior colleague to respect order
of the court that said we shouldn’t stand for anyone. I earned silk
came to meditate in the issue but I stood my ground and refused to get
up while making reference to the Court order. All eyes were on me that
I confronted a Senioe Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
