The last fives years was never an easy road to the end. This quiet spoken Buin lad was determine to take up his dream of studying law even though it meant that he had to go on leave without pay. With obstacles and challenges that seems endless. This finally came to an end on December 2012. There to witness his graduation was his wife and daughter. Fidelis Lugabai was admitted to the Bar after successfully completing his 4 years of legal studies at the University of Papua New Guinea. To practice law, as a mandatory requirement, lawyers must do a one year course at Legal Training Institute (LTI) in order to practice in Papua New Guinea. I happened to have met up with him one weekend where we exchanged numbers and so established our contact since we parted our separate ways nearly 14 years ago at Sogeri National High. We lived in the same dorm in year 11 and his cubical was next to mine. I did briefly meet up with him whilst on duty travel four years ago at Buka Airport and that was it until 2011. As he recalls from the photos from National High, being a typical Milne Bay, I was more or less like a primary school student amongst the grown up or as he puts it “baby”. Before he left, I invited him and his family over for dinner and to catch up on the last 14 years. Like everyone, we all have our goals and aspirations and one of his passions is fighting corruption at all levels.)All the best for the future Sergent!
(Pictured above- Graduation at LTI Dec 2012, below-Sogeri National High.
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