Barrister Malcolm Omirhobo, a Nigerian lawyer who was recently in public glare for dressing as a traditionalist to court, says he deserves to be in the Guinness Book of World Records.
He stated this while faulting claims that his dressing was a media stunt in the wake of the Supreme Court judgement affirming the right of Muslim students in Lagos state to wear hijab to school.
Omirhobo described himself as the most “litigious lawyer in Nigeria and Africa” who has filed many cases on behalf of the public.
Asked to react to claims by his colleagues that his dressing was a media stunt, Omirhobo said, “That’s insulting, I have not been in the public glare before, but do you know that I have been on this case for more than 10 years? Do you know I’m the most litigious lawyer in Nigeria and Africa? I have filed so many cases on behalf of the public. I have filed cases that should be in the Guinness Book of World Records — which is over 1,870 paragraphs. It cost me over N1.8 million to file that case.
“So, I don’t know why they call me a media lawyer, just because this one just went out. It’s insulting. I’m not seeking anybody’s attention. What I’m fighting for is the secularity of Nigeria, so that Nigeria should return to where we put religion as something private not in the public,” Omirhobo said.
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