The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has installation an advert hoc committee to research the allegations of sexual attack towards the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Cyril Ndifon.
Members of the committee are the NBA First Vice President, Linda Rose Bala; Assistant General Secretary, Daniel Kip; Chairperson of NBA Women’s Forum and the Chairman of the NBA Calabar Branch.
The NBA additionally filed petitions towards the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa-Ari; and a younger attorney of Aba Branch widely recognized as “the Baddest legal professional” on social media, Ifunanya Excel Grant.
While Yunusa-Ari turned into petitioned over his function in illegally asserting the end result of the supplementary 2023 governorship election in Adamawa State as votes had been nevertheless being counted, the lawsuits towards Miss Ifunanya concentrated on her social media notoriety of posting photos and movies of herself unclad and smoking materials suspected to be difficult drugs.
A declaration issued the day gone by with the aid of using the National Publicity Secretary of NBA, Akorede Habeeb Lawal, stated the choice turned into reached via way of means of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the frame at her current month-to-month assembly presided over with the aid of using its President, Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau (SAN) and attended through all countrywide officials.
The declaration stated: “The NBA NEC sooner or later empanelled an advert-hoc committee comprising the first Vice President of the NBA, Mrs Linda Rose Bala; the Assistant General Secretary of the NBA, Mr. Daniel Kip; Chairperson of NBA Women’s Forum and the Chairman of the NBA Calabar Branch, to research the allegations towards the college lecturer.
“You can also be privy to the current media record of the tried bribe of Justice Flora Azinge of the National Assembly and State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kano.
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“The NBA has, via way of means of a letter dated August 16, 2023, officially asked His Lordship to avail the NBA of similarly information on this regard to allow research into this allegation.
“In a comparable vein, the countrywide officials additionally deliberated at their in advance month-to-month assembly over the unbecoming behavior of a few participants of the prison career. Following the resolutions of the countrywide officials, the NBA has filed petitions on the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee towards Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission and Ifunanya Excel Grant, a younger legal professional of Aba Branch widely recognized as ‘the Baddest attorney’ on social media.
“Yunusa-Ari become petitioned over his position in illegally maintaining the end result of the supplementary 2023 gubernatorial election in Adamawa State at the same time as votes have been nonetheless being counted. While the proceedings towards Miss Ifunanya concentrated on her social media notoriety of posting pix and films of herself unclad and smoking marijuana.
“While it’s far essential to underscore the reality that not one of the attorneys petitioned or being investigated is deemed responsible of expert misconduct till the LPDC palms down its selections after a honest trial, the NBA President has emphasized the want for legal professionals to remain of excellent behavior anywhere they locate themselves, and he reiterated that the existing NBA management will now no longer relent in ridding the career of the only a few awful eggs that can be found.”