Lawyer petitions CJN over NBA’s alleged selective deployment of disciplinary committee
Naija News • 1d ago
A legislative lawyer, Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja, has petitioned the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, over alleged selective use of the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, LPDC, by the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA.
LPDC is the body that is charged with disciplining legal practitioners found to be involved in acts of misconduct. The CJN chairs the LPDC.
Jaja, Secretary of the Association of Legislative Drafting and Advocacy Practitioners, ALDRAP, and former part-time Chairman of the Governing Board of the Nigerian Copyright Commission, NCC, urged the CJN to intervene in the situation in a petition dated March 1, 2027.
The lawyer specifically asked the CJN to “urgently intervene to save the legal profession by cleaning out the Augean Stables of the NBA’s se...