Kano Emir War: NBA To Probe Actions Of Judges, Lawyers

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, OON, SAN, has lamented the contradictory judgments given by the Federal High Court and the Kano High Court in issues pertaining to the emirate dispute in Kano.

The president added that such actions have exposed the entire legal profession in Nigeria to public ridicule and discredit.

The president also noted that the damage would take the legal profession a long time to recover from.

Revealing this in a statement, Mr Maikyau said, “Without prejudice to the subsisting actions before both the Federal High Court and the Kano State High Court, it is my considered view that there is an urgent need to scrutinize the professional conduct of both counsel and the judges involved in these matters.

“This is to enable the relevant bodies or institutions to determine their culpability or otherwise from an ethical and professional standpoint.”

The NBA President has, therefore, called on “the respective heads of the courts of the judges concerned, to take immediate steps to look into their conduct to find any possible abuse of their judicial offices and file a report with the National Judicial Council for necessary action.

As regards the lawyers involved, the NBA President said that the NBA “will investigate the conduct of the counsel involved in these cases and shall not hesitate to commence disciplinary action against them before the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, should there be any finding of alleged professional misconduct against them.

The Chairman of the NBA Ethics and Disciplinary Committee has accordingly been directed to invite these counsel for preliminary investigations.”

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