‘Erring lawyers should be sentenced to undergo therapy’ – Jaja backs judges against NBA

A legislative drafting adept and Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Law Society, NLS, Dr. Clinton Tonye Jaja, has projected that lawyers who prosecute successful unprofessional behaviour successful tribunal should beryllium sentenced to acquisition choler absorption therapy.

Jaja made the connection portion reacting to what helium described arsenic rising level of unethical behaviour among Nigerian lawyers. He besides faulted the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, for issuing statements to reprimand judges who took enactment to cheque alleged unprofessional behaviour by immoderate lawyers.

DAILY POST reports that, successful a caller incident, Justice Mohammed Umar of the Abuja Federal High Court ordered Marshall Abubakar, the pb defence counsel to person and publisher, Omoyele Sowore, to measurement guardant and kneel successful unfastened tribunal for raising his dependable during proceedings.

NBA, successful a connection issued by its President Afam Osigwe, SAN, condemned the judge’s action, stressing that helium has nary close to inquire a lawyer to kneel successful court.

In a consequent statement, the NBA besides condemned the enactment taken by Justice Chinwendu Nwogu of the Rivers High Court, who convicted and ordered the detention of a lawyer, Lovinah Ugbana Benjamin, counsel to the Nigerian Navy, for allegedly making mendacious statements and imputations against the tribunal successful a written code she filed.