Kunle Kalejaiye has been stripped of his lawyer’s rank for quite unusual reason. He was texting too much at work.
Txt messaging led to losing lawyer’s job.
Lawyer Kunle Kalejaiye stripped of his Senior Advocate of Nigeria rank by Nigeria’s Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee. The reason for the imposition of this harsh disciplinary measure against Mr. Kunle Kalejaiye is quite unusual. He was text messaging too much at work.
However, it wasn’t the text messaging itself but rather the identity of the recipient of those messages that caused serious consequences.
Mr. Kaleijaye had to face an inquiry into his unethical conduct when he was caught exchanging text messages with an election tribunal judge, Thomas Naron. Text messages between them were made public. The scandal took place in 2008 during the election litigation between former Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola of Osun State and the state’s current governor, Rauf Aregbesola.
However, text messaging sometimes has even more serious consequences. One year ago a woman killed herself after accidentally messaging husband instead of her lover.
