The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has referred seven lawyers including a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) who allegedly influenced judges to issue conflicting court orders to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) for judicial misconduct.
The LPDC is a statutory body put in place to take disciplinary action against lawyers accused of professional misconduct.
The NBA President, Mr. Olumide Akpata, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja at a briefing to begin the association’s 2022 Justice Sector Summit slated for January 25.
According to Akpata, some lawyers have been identified to have played roles in conflicting decisions that emanated from different courts recently, they are seven in number, including a Senior Advocate of Nigeria.
“We are in the process of filing a petition against them before the LPDC. This is based on our determination to ensure that the system is protected, irrespective of those involved,” Apata said.
He said the seven lawyers were found culpable by the NBA’s investigation committee.
The names of the affected legal practitioners were, however, not disclosed.
The National Judicial Council (NJC) in 2021 had placed a promotion ban on three judges of High Courts of coordinate jurisdiction.
They were penalised for engaging in acts many believed were capable of derailing the 2023 general election as well as truncating democracy.
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