At the 4th Edition of Prestige Excellence Award & Lecture which attracted great personalities and celebrities gracing the occasion like before for four years now. Celebrities, media icons, politicians, security experts, legal icons, NGOs, business tycoons and other corporate entities were honoured with awards based on their outstanding performance in their fields, contributions to humanity with other germane reasons.
The organiser, Mr. Wale Abiodun, the CEO of Timmary Communications who is the publisher of Prestige Int'l Magazine and Prestige Online as earlier promised that it would be mind-blowing event as usual despite the aftermath of Covid-19 and ENDSARS protest which had caused set back in economy and human activities and it was really mind-blowing. The award event took place at Presken Hotels off Balogun, Ikeja, Lagos on the 29th of November, 2020 at 2pm. Special Guests of Honour are His Excellency, Bello Muhammed Matawalle, the Excutive Govenor of Zamfara State and Dr. Ramatu Tijani Aliyu, the Minister of State, FCT, Abuja sent their representatives as they could not make it because of recent attack by Boko Haram on farmers in Borno State in which many lives were lost. Guest Speakers present are Babajide Kolade-Otitoju the Group Controller News, TVC, Monday Ubani, Esq the former Vice President of NBA, Comrade Debo Adeniran, etc. They gave their lectures and the one by Mr. Kolade-Otitoju on security and economy analysed the problems of Nigeria and while saying the solution, he spoke truth to power as usual. The Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile represented Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Executive Governor of Lagos State as Chief Host. Royal father of the day is Oba Kayode Afolabi, the Alapomu of Apomu and the theme of the event is Post Covid-19: Sustaining Way Out of Economic Degradation, Security Breach & Social Political Crisis.
Some of the great personalities which were honoured were Governors of Lagos State & Zamfara State, Bar. Monday Ubani as Outstanding Legal Practitioner of the Year, Bar. Olumide Akindiya as Legal Personality of the Year, TVC, Babajide Kolade-Otitoju, Gboyega Akosile, Comrade Debo Adeniran, Ned Nwoko, Omek Properties, BOD Properties, etc.
Barr. Olumide Akindiya who was honoured with Legal Personality of the Year was fortunate to be awarded at last year event as the Masses Friendly Legal Practitioner of the Year. The reason for the award was based on being a former Columnist with Newspaper, Legal Practitioner & Notary Public who had rendered pro bono services & free legal advice to people & corporate entities including Journalists & media industry.
In joyous mood he put it in his social media on the 30th of November, 2020 as follows:
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Congrats
to me as i received an award of Legal Personality of the Year @ Prestige Excellence Award & Lecture 2020 yesterday night! Presented on behalf of Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwolu-Olu by his representative, Gboyega Akosile, his Chief Press Secretary who suddenly recognised me on my legal struggle over Alaba Rago Market to bring a new leader & now happened to be first Hausa to be Baba Oja in South West.
My 11th award in 11 years of active law practice out of 12 awards nominations from Lagos, Abuja, Ogun, Kaduna State. The 4th award from media industry. My style of activism in private without making noise in public, organizations & individuals still find me out of recommendations from some we had helped through free legal advice & services or those monitoring my little efforts for humanity; going through my profile; my publications or media interviews I didn't lobby for. Thank you, Lord!'
While giving his appreciation speech, he thanked the organiser who didn't know him, let alone meeting him in 2018 but published his profile in his magazine and this year honouring him again after last year award. He thanked the representative of the Governor of Lagos, on their patience in receiving their petitions just like other former executive Governors particularly ensuring his legal battle in Alaba Rago Market in bringing a new leader, Alhaji Ibrahim Malami Ali who now happened to be the Baba Oja 1 of Okokomaiko was not a waste of time. He said his style of activism and rendering free legal advice and services differ as he preferred it to be in private. He once again appreciated the organiser of the award event.
He also saluted the Judges, Magistrates, professionals, learned friends and clients who congratulated him on hearing about the award. Few of them include: Justice Ganiyu Safari, Justice Ayotunde Phillips, Chief Magistrate Babajide Ilo, Chief Magistrate Matepo, Gboyega Akosile, G2M Creatives Ltd, Barr. Oby Egbe (CEO Pink Republic TV), Mr. Femi Oyewale, the President of National Association of Online Security Reporters (NAOSRE), Publisher of National Crime Watch, LASULAWS' 01 Alumni, Bar. Emma Atolagbe, Barr. Funmi Smith, etc.
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