NBA Has Refused To File A Response On The Portrait Saga

It is no longer a news that Oladelemi Olubakin filed
N500m suit against the NBA for gifting his portrait work to
president Buhari as a birthday gift without his
knowledge.

Olubakin took to his Facebook timeline to complain that NBA has
not filed its response despite the fact that the Association was
served the court processes for over four weeks ago.

He also alleged that instituting the action was a last resort as
every effort to resolve the matter amicably with the NBA proved
abortive.

Olademi Philips Olubakin Esq has promised not to make any public
statement over the Buhari portrait case, stressing that the matter
is now before the court.

Olubakin’s statement reads below

I have tried to see how this can be resolved amicably and even
reached out to very senior members of our noble profession to see
if anything could be done but the other side has maintained that
they owe me no obligation for gifting out my property to the
President without my knowledge or consent.

On the contrary and of course expectedly, I have been notified
of possible threats and persecutions against my practice as a
lawyer in Nigeria for crying out to the public and I am not taking
this lightly at all.

We have proceeded to court to sue for the violation of my
intellectual property rights, conversion of my property and to
refrain them from any malicious actions against my practice.

The matter is scheduled to hold on the 26th of April 2018 at
Court 4 of the Federal High Court, CBD, Abuja.

All parties have been duly served the court processes for over
four weeks now and absolutely nothing has been filed in defense or
in response.

We have also notified organizations with keen interest on
intellectual property rights protection both within and outside the
country to ensure a comprehensive monitoring of this suit.

We hope to reach a meaningful conclusion with this.

I believe in the credibility of our judicial system so now that
the matter has been filed, I will henceforth make no more comments
publicly on this. I will leave this matter solely to the court to
do justice.

I deeply appreciate my family, friends and particularly
colleagues who have stood strong with me till date.

It is no longer a news that Oladelemi Olubakin filed
N500m suit against the NBA for gifting his portrait work to
president Buhari as a birthday gift without his knowledge.

Olubakin took to his Facebook timeline to complain that NBA has
not filed its response despite the fact that the Association was
served the court processes for over four weeks ago.

He also alleged that instituting the action was a last resort as
every effort to resolve the matter amicably with the NBA proved
abortive.

Olademi Philips Olubakin Esq has promised not to make any public
statement over the Buhari portrait case, stressing that the matter
is now before the court.

Olubakin’s statement reads below

I have tried to see how this can be resolved amicably and even
reached out to very senior members of our noble profession to see
if anything could be done but the other side has maintained that
they owe me no obligation for gifting out my property to the
President without my knowledge or consent.

On the contrary and of course expectedly, I have been notified
of possible threats and persecutions against my practice as a
lawyer in Nigeria for crying out to the public and I am not taking
this lightly at all.

We have proceeded to court to sue for the violation of my
intellectual property rights, conversion of my property and to
refrain them from any malicious actions against my practice.

The matter is scheduled to hold on the 26th of April 2018 at
Court 4 of the Federal High Court, CBD, Abuja.

All parties have been duly served the court processes for over
four weeks now and absolutely nothing has been filed in defense or
in response.

We have also notified organizations with keen interest on
intellectual property rights protection both within and outside the
country to ensure a comprehensive monitoring of this suit.

We hope to reach a meaningful conclusion with this.

I believe in the credibility of our judicial system so now that
the matter has been filed, I will henceforth make no more comments
publicly on this. I will leave this matter solely to the court to
do justice.

I deeply appreciate my family, friends and particularly
colleagues who have stood strong with me till date.