Quotes

‘Like Nebuchadnezzar’s situation in which he demanded that the magicians in his court should tell him his dream and also interpret it, my lawyers are left to guess which allegations in the petitions are the subject matter of the testimonies being given.’

 

– Ghana’s suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, using a biblical reference to highlight the problems she is facing in her removal process.

 

 ‘It has been 10 years now since we started this case. We hope that now Shell will stop these shenanigans and sit down with us to sort this out. People in Ogale are dying.’

 

– Ogale community leader, King Bebe Okpabi after a UK court allowed Nigerians to sue Shell for third party oil spills.

 

‘The conference is not just about reflection – it’s about recommitment to the rule of law and regional solidarity’.

 

–  East Africa Law Society president Ramadhan Abubakar, after the organisation relocated its annual conference from Tanzania, citing concerns about human rights abuses.

 

 ‘I just want to put it on record that this court appreciates the grief and pain of the family and relatives and the Zambian nation caused as a result of the interred President Lungu of Zambia’.

 

– Gauteng Deputy Judge President Aubrey Ledwaba when halting former Zambian President Edgar Lungu’s South African funeral following an agreement between the Zambian government and the Lungu family.