Nigerian Lawyer Burnt His Wig in Viral Video After Tribunal Dismissed Atiku, Obi's Petition Against Tinubu?

Nigerian Lawyer Burnt His Wig in Viral Video After Tribunal Dismissed Atiku, Obi's Petition Against Tinubu?

Are nigerian Lawyer Burnt His Wig in Viral Video After Tribunal Dismissed Atiku, Obi's Petition Against Tinubu a question on your mind? Read the complete facts in our feature story.

To verify Charly Boy's claim, Legit.ng conducted a keyword search, which led to a fuller version of the video posted on Facebook on March 12, 2022, by Jamaica Gleaner, a media platform in Jamaica.

Further checks led to the full story about the video on Jamaica Gleaner's website.

According to the report, the person in the video is Hugh Small, a Queen's Counsel, who "has a burning desire for Jamaica to do away with the United Kingdom-based Privy Council as its final appellate court".

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He set ablaze three judicial wigs because he regarded them as symbols of the country's colonial past. One of the wigs reportedly belonged to his late father, Senior Puisne Judge Ronald Small.

"Another belonged to him, but he could not immediately recall the origin of the third wig," the report stated.
"Small said for various reasons, the wigs were no longer of any symbolic or sentimental value to him."
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