Refer NBA President to LPPC, impose sanctions on erring lawyers or face court action – NLS to CJN

The Nigerian Law Society, NLS, has threatened tribunal enactment if the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, fails to notation the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Afam Osigwe, SAN, to the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee, LPPC.

The NLS, an relation comprising non-litigation lawyers, is besides demanding that the CJN, who heads the LPPC, enacts a signifier absorption to enforce sanctions connected lawyers who perpetrate acts of nonrecreational misconduct wrong courtrooms.

The Society had faulted the NBA President for issuing statements to reprimand judges for taking punitive actions against lawyers who allegedly acted unprofessionally successful court. In 1 of specified cases, 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.

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

Faulting the NBA’s position, NLS projected that lawyers who prosecute successful unprofessional behaviour successful tribunal should beryllium sentenced to acquisition choler absorption therapy.<...