The Supreme Court Of Nigeria has finally struck out the
name of Ugwuonye Ephraim Chukwukemeka also known as due process
from the legal practitioner’s roll.
This was confirmed in a letter from the Supreme Court with the
Number RE BB/LPDC/217/16, dated 24th April, 2018
and signed by Gertrude B. Bari Nyana, Esq.
According to the letter Ugwuonye’s name was struck off because
after he was tried and found guilty of infamous confduct in the
course of the performance of your duty as a legal practitioner.
The letter reads in part:
“ This is to notify you of a NOTICE issued by the Legal
Practitioners Disciplinary Committee to the effect that your name
be stuck off the Roll of Legal Practitioners,after you were tried
and found guilty of infamous confduct in the course of the
performance of your duty as a legal practitioner as set out in
Count 1,of the complaint, contrary to Rules 23 and 55 of the Rules
of professional conduct in the Legal Practition 2007 and punishable
under section 12-(1)(a) of Legal Practitioners Act as
amended.
“The said notice is dated 22nd day of May,2017, and in the
absence of an appeal after a stipulated time within which to appeal
has elapsed,the name UGWUONYE EPHRAIM CHUKWUEMEKA is hereby
STRUCKOFF the Rollof LegalPractitioners.
UGWUONYE EPHRAIM CHUKWUEMEKA is not
entitled to practice as Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme
Court of Nigeria.
Any letter issued toyou before now with regards to your
enrollment status is null and void with immediate effect.”
The Supreme Court Of Nigeria has finally struck out the
name of Ugwuonye Ephraim Chukwukemeka also known as due process
from the legal practitioner’s roll.
This was confirmed in a letter from the Supreme Court with the
Number RE BB/LPDC/217/16, dated 24th April, 2018
and signed by Gertrude B. Bari Nyana, Esq.
According to the letter Ugwuonye’s name was struck off because
after he was tried and found guilty of infamous confduct in the
course of the performance of your duty as a legal practitioner.
The letter reads in part:
“ This is to notify you of a NOTICE issued by the Legal
Practitioners Disciplinary Committee to the effect that your name
be stuck off the Roll of Legal Practitioners,after you were tried
and found guilty of infamous confduct in the course of the
performance of your duty as a legal practitioner as set out in
Count 1,of the complaint, contrary to Rules 23 and 55 of the Rules
of professional conduct in the Legal Practition 2007 and punishable
under section 12-(1)(a) of Legal Practitioners Act as
amended.
“The said notice is dated 22nd day of May,2017, and in the
absence of an appeal after a stipulated time within which to appeal
has elapsed,the name UGWUONYE EPHRAIM CHUKWUEMEKA is hereby
STRUCKOFF the Rollof LegalPractitioners.
UGWUONYE EPHRAIM CHUKWUEMEKA is not
entitled to practice as Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme
Court of Nigeria.
Any letter issued toyou before now with regards to your
enrollment status is null and void with immediate effect.”