Assault: NBA officers push for CCT chairman's prosecution in fresh petition
Nigeria, April 10 -- Two national officers of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) have petitioned the Legal Practitioners' Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) over the recent assault visited on a security guard at an Abuja plaza by the chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar.
The LPDC is the body established by law to handle disciplinary cases involving a breach of profession conduct for lawyers called to the Nigerian bar.
The 1st Vice-President of NBA, John Aikpokpo-Martins, and the association's Welfare Secretary, Kunle Edun, in their petition filed on April 8, 2021, urged the committee to initiate a disciplinary process against Mr Umar and prosecute him for his "unbecoming conduct" which, according to them, violates the Rules...
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