A Professor of Law and a qualified solicitor and  advocate of the supreme court of Nigeria and the supreme court of England and Wales, professor Elijah Oluwatoyin Okebukola said the faculty of Law Nasarawa State University keffi is a faculty to be reckoned with in the North Central Nigeria,giving the fact that the university linkages are working hard to link the university programmes all over the world and the Collaboration of the united States of America, in the area of  improving on the quality of  learning meeting up to global practices.

‘our faculty of Law in the university have been a  fresh  among Equals,in terms of competition we have  done well,in output career  we are  doing well,our  graduates  are  doing  well  in  Nigeria,Africa  and   other   parts  of the  world.’

Prof.Elijah Okebukola who is the Dean faculty of Law said recently they had a workshop in collaboration with the United States of America Embassy Abuja.

 He said the Theme of the public lecture workshop is “Plea Bargaining And Sentencing Guidelines In the Context of Restorative Justice: The U.S. Experience” was held in the school of post graduate studies Auditorium which had International speakers from the University of California, College

of Law, San Francisco, United States.

The keynote speaker Demarris R. Evans who is a Deputy District Attorney, Alameda County, and Visiting Lecturer in Race and Resistance Studies, San Francisco State University, United States delivered a lecture titled a “New Paradigm For Public Safety”. In like manner, Professor Jessica Vapnek, Associate Dean of the MLS programme, Director of the International Development Law Centre and Professor of Practice College of Law, University of California, San Francisco, United States delivered a lecture on the essentials, protocols and benefits of studying in the United States.

The event also featured a brief technical presentation on the Nigerian Perspective on Plea Bargain with submission from the former Dean of the Faculty, Professor Maxwell Gidado, SAN, on the “Legislative Interventions in Plea Bargain and Sentencing Guidelines in Nigeria”. The Dean of the Faculty, Professor Elijah Oluwatoyin Okebukola spoke on “Technical Implementation of Plea Bargain and Sentencing Guidelines in Nigeria”, while the Deputy Dean of the Faculty, Dr. Halima Doma Kutigi spoke on “Contextualising Plea Barganing and Sentencing Guidelines in Restorative Justice in Nigeria”. A panel session to attend to enquiries and remarks by the audience was moderated by the Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal of Nigeria, Makurdi Division, Hon. Justice Diobele Abraham Georgewill.

There were goodwill remarks from the Chief Judge of Nasarawa State, Hon. Justice Aisha Bashir, represented by Hon. Justice Abdullahi Ozegya, the Hon. Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice of Nasarawa State, Barrister Labaran Magaji, and the Emir of Keffi, HRH, Alh. Dr. Shehu Chindo Yamusa III, represented by the Wambain Keffi, Alh. Ibrahim Audu, amongst many important dignitaries who graced the occasion.