The Legal Practitioner’s Disciplinary Committee has once
again exercised its disciplinary functions on another erring legal
practitioner.
Mr. Usman Mohammed Saidu, a Jos based Legal Practitioner has
just been suspended for 24 months by the disciplinary body after he
admitted signing an affidavit on behalf of his client as if, it
were the client that did the signing.
The direction of the committee is based on the ground that the
act of the lawyer is against the ethos and ethics of the noble
profession.
TheNigerialawyer recalls that just yesterday, a Bayelsa State
based legal practitioner, J.T. Abeokuta had his name struck off the
Roll of Legal Practitioners in Nigeria.
The recent directions of the disciplinary body indicate that
there is absolutely no room for compromise so far the protection of
the ethics of the profession is concerned.
Details later..
The Legal Practitioner’s Disciplinary Committee has once
again exercised its disciplinary functions on another erring legal
practitioner.
Mr. Usman Mohammed Saidu, a Jos based Legal Practitioner has
just been suspended for 24 months by the disciplinary body after he
admitted signing an affidavit on behalf of his client as if, it
were the client that did the signing.
The direction of the committee is based on the ground that the
act of the lawyer is against the ethos and ethics of the noble
profession.
TheNigerialawyer recalls that just yesterday, a Bayelsa State
based legal practitioner, J.T. Abeokuta had his name struck off the
Roll of Legal Practitioners in Nigeria.
The recent directions of the disciplinary body indicate that
there is absolutely no room for compromise so far the protection of
the ethics of the profession is concerned.
Details later..