Former member representing Igalamela/Odolu State Constituency
and Chairman of Public Accounts Committee in Kogi State House of
Assembly, Hon. Friday Sani Makama, on Friday, filed a lawsuit at
the Federal High Court, Abuja, against the Legal Practitioners
Privileges Committee, LPPC, for nominating Barrister Abdul Wahab
Mohammed for the title of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
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Kogi State nominee for the 2020 SAN title is the immediate
younger brother of Kogi State Attorney-General and Commissioner for
Justice, Mohammed Sani Ibrahim.
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The ex-lawmaker approached the court seeking to stop the
committee from going ahead to confer the title of Senior Advocate
of Nigeria (SAN), saying that his petition earlier directed to the
committee was ignored.
On why he was seeking legal means to stop Kogi nominee, he said:
“Barrister Abdul Wahab Mohammed is the younger brother of Kogi
State Attorney-General.
“He is the lawyer who handles all legal cases on behalf of Kogi
State using the privilege of his elder brother, Mohammed Sani
Ibrahim, who is the Commissioner for Justice despite very senior
lawyers from Kogi State.
Makama, who was a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP lawmaker, was
suspended from the House under controversial circumstances in 2018,
sued the state which he got the appellate and Supreme Court
judgements in his favour to be recalled and have all his
entitlements paid, told DAILY POST, not TheNigerialawyer that Kogi
State was yet to comply two years after the judgement.
According to him, the nominee who was Kogi State prosecutor in
his case filed a frivolous application against the Supreme Court
judgement in his favour which he was penalised for breaching the
ethics of legal profession.
He said “frivolous application” is a fundamental breach that
disqualifies any applicant for the conferment of Senior Advocate of
Nigeria, insisting that the LPPC should respect their own laws by
expunging the Kogi nominee from the 2020 SAN award.
“You may recall that, I instituted a lawsuit against the State
government in 2018 over non-payment of my salaries and allowances
while I was serving in the State House of Assembly in Kogi
State.
“Though, the state government claimed to have stopped payment of
my salaries and allowances on the basis of the fact that I was
suspended by the House of Assembly. I won them in Courts.
“Although in 2018 the Supreme court gave a meritorious judgement
allowing the appeal with the order that, the State government
should pay me all my salaries and allowances, emolument and monies
due to me within the period of my tenure as a sitting member of the
Kogi State House of Assembly and allow me resume my legislative
duties forthwith.
“Ever since then, the lawyer to the State Government, Abdul
Wahab continues to file frivolous applications to frustrate the
judgement of the supreme court in 2019.
“The Supreme Court dismissed Abdul Wahab’s application which was
asking it to reverse itself in the earlier judgement given to me on
19th December, 2020.
“The Supreme Court dismissed and described Barrister Abdul
Wahab’s application as frivolous and vexatious.
According to him, the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee
ought to have looked at the merit of his petition against the
nominee adding that the manner they were going about it raises
suspicion from him.
In the Court documents seen by newsmen, no date has been fixed
for hearing yet.
Editors Note; Written By Samson Atekojo Usman[1] and
originally published in DailyPostNGR[2]
Former member representing Igalamela/Odolu State Constituency
and Chairman of Public Accounts Committee in Kogi State House of
Assembly, Hon. Friday Sani Makama, on Friday, filed a lawsuit at
the Federal High Court, Abuja, against the Legal Practitioners
Privileges Committee, LPPC, for nominating Barrister Abdul Wahab
Mohammed for the title of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
Kogi State nominee for the 2020 SAN title is the immediate
younger brother of Kogi State Attorney-General and Commissioner for
Justice, Mohammed Sani Ibrahim.
The ex-lawmaker approached the court seeking to stop the
committee from going ahead to confer the title of Senior Advocate
of Nigeria (SAN), saying that his petition earlier directed to the
committee was ignored.
On why he was seeking legal means to stop Kogi nominee, he said:
“Barrister Abdul Wahab Mohammed is the younger brother of Kogi
State Attorney-General.
“He is the lawyer who handles all legal cases on behalf of Kogi
State using the privilege of his elder brother, Mohammed Sani
Ibrahim, who is the Commissioner for Justice despite very senior
lawyers from Kogi State.
Makama, who was a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP lawmaker, was
suspended from the House under controversial circumstances in 2018,
sued the state which he got the appellate and Supreme Court
judgements in his favour to be recalled and have all his
entitlements paid, told DAILY POST, not TheNigerialawyer that Kogi
State was yet to comply two years after the judgement.
According to him, the nominee who was Kogi State prosecutor in
his case filed a frivolous application against the Supreme Court
judgement in his favour which he was penalised for breaching the
ethics of legal profession.
He said “frivolous application” is a fundamental breach that
disqualifies any applicant for the conferment of Senior Advocate of
Nigeria, insisting that the LPPC should respect their own laws by
expunging the Kogi nominee from the 2020 SAN award.
“You may recall that, I instituted a lawsuit against the State
government in 2018 over non-payment of my salaries and allowances
while I was serving in the State House of Assembly in Kogi
State.
“Though, the state government claimed to have stopped payment of
my salaries and allowances on the basis of the fact that I was
suspended by the House of Assembly. I won them in Courts.
“Although in 2018 the Supreme court gave a meritorious judgement
allowing the appeal with the order that, the State government
should pay me all my salaries and allowances, emolument and monies
due to me within the period of my tenure as a sitting member of the
Kogi State House of Assembly and allow me resume my legislative
duties forthwith.
“Ever since then, the lawyer to the State Government, Abdul
Wahab continues to file frivolous applications to frustrate the
judgement of the supreme court in 2019.
“The Supreme Court dismissed Abdul Wahab’s application which was
asking it to reverse itself in the earlier judgement given to me on
19th December, 2020.
“The Supreme Court dismissed and described Barrister Abdul
Wahab’s application as frivolous and vexatious.
According to him, the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee
ought to have looked at the merit of his petition against the
nominee adding that the manner they were going about it raises
suspicion from him.
In the Court documents seen by newsmen, no date has been fixed
for hearing yet.
Editors Note; Written By Samson Atekojo Usman[1] and
originally published in DailyPostNGR[2]