INTRODUCTION
Jide has practiced as a legal practitioner in Nigeria for over ten years, primarily as Principal Counsel of Lex Juris LP, a firm of legal practitioners based in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. During his career, Jide has tried numerous civil and criminal matters to successful conclusions in a wide and varied number of legal fields and from Magistrate Courts up to the Supreme Court. These incl
ude election matters, land matters, environmental pollution matters, chieftaincy disputes, malicious prosecution cases, enforcement of judgments, enforcement of fundamental human rights and banker – customer litigation. He has also prosecuted criminal matters successfully and defended accused persons successfully in criminal matters ranging from conspiracy to stealing.
2. PRACTICE AREAS
Criminal prosecution and Defence
Jide’s love of trial work has seen him focus a lot of his practice in the area of criminal prosecution and defence. He has also successfully defended persons accused of offences such as forcible entry, malicious damage, conspiracy, stealing and conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace. One area of the law in which Jide has built his reputation is in defending royal fathers who are accused of offences by their opponents as a way of removing them from office. He has successfully defended the Paramount Ruler of Akoloman Community, Ogbia LGA, Bayelsa State and the Paramount Ruler of Egbemo-Angalabiri Community, Ekeremor LGA, Bayelsa State on several charges bordering on conspiracy, stealing and malicious damage to property. Civil Litigation
Jide has always maintained a parallel civil litigation practice and continues to represent clients in land matters and general tort matters, as well as handling appellate cases, both civil and criminal, before all Courts in Bayelsa State, Federal High Court, Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. Over the years, Jide’s success rate in civil litigation has seen a steady increase in requests from individuals and businesses that he handles their matters on various litigation, ranging from breach of contract, enforcement of fundamental human rights, enforcement of judgments, chieftaincy disputes, and election petitions. Jide is currently representing victims of environmental pollution against multinationals such as Shell Petroleum Development Company, Chevron Nigeria Limited and Nigeria Agip Oil Company. Nigerian Bar Association
2. Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
3. Nigerian Institute of Management
PUBLICATIONS
Jide has authored two books:
1. Wills and Estate Planning
2. Cases and Materials on Evidence Act 2011
He is also the Managing Director of Citirise Nigeria Ltd which runs an electronic law reporting service known as iLaw.
