Lawyers ask CJN to refer NBA President, Osigwe to LPPC for ‘publicly reprimanding’ judge

Lawyers nether the aegis of the Nigerian Law Society, NLS, person asked the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, to notation Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, President, Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, to the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee, LPPC, for ‘publicly reprimanding’ a judge.

The LPPC, which confers the fertile of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, connected qualified ineligible practitioners, besides maintains ineligible standards and oversees the regularisation of SANs.

The request by the NLS stemmed from a arguable incidental which transpired astatine the Abuja Federal High Court connected Monday, erstwhile Justice Mohammed Umar 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.

Justice Umar besides threatened to perpetrate Abubakar to situation for contempt.

Other lawyers successful the tribunal had to intervene, pleading for leniency earlier the justice backed down.

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

“A justice directing a ineligible practitioner oregon so immoderate idiosyncratic whatsoever to kneel successful tribunal is not a recognised judicial authorisation nether our laws and does not align with the standards of judicial con...