I patterned the five stories after jury trials. We don’t have jury trials in Nigeria, but for me it was an opportunity to explore, stretch my imagination and see how a jury trial would work

To a large extent, I think yes, in certain trials. The jury is a reflection of the society and the perception of what the society is. However, they have their own challenges. If you go on social media, you will be amazed at the sentiments people express. Sometimes it’s based on religion or tribe, and objectivity is not there. All the same, literature has always served as an instrument of change. For example, when Charles Dickens wrote Oliver Twist, we were being told that there were changes in the welfare system of England. He brought to the fore what orphans were going through. Fiction doesn’t recommend or postulate. It only brings alive a reality for people to see. As a writer, you are supposed to tell a story without pushing your opinion on anybody.

How has being a legal practitioner influenced your writing?

I was called to bar in 2001. I spent the first six to seven years in practice before I moved to law reporting. In Lagos I worked in a Law reporting company where we assembled judgements of the supreme court and broke it down for lawyers to be able to employ them in the courtroom. Incidentally, ‘Justice Club’ is my first work that explores literature in this manner. My other books have been purely adventure and romance. I have always wanted to marry my profession with my hobby. There is a strong nexus between writing and the