Metro Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer, Ugwuonye Barred From Practice in Nigeria

[ProfRem]

Emeka Ephraim Ugwuonye , the lawyer to Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, who recently joined the legal team that sought the release of Mr. Kanu from Kuje prison has been reportedly temporarily barred from legal practice in Nigeria.

The former United States-based Nigerian lawyer, who was disbarred in New York and Maryland for professional misconduct, was yesterday also disbarred in Nigeria, to which he had relocated, for the same offense.



Sahara Reporters said Ugwuonye’s sanction was ordered by the Nigeria’s Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, LPDC, of the Body of Benchers, a unit which punishes misconduct among lawyers.

LPDC ordered Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of Nigeria to strike out Ugwuonye’s name. J.S. Okutepa (SAN) who is the Chief Prosecutor of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) at the LPDC found Ugwuonye liable for fraud and promised to give details of the direction of LPDC in due course.

 

[ogbu samsom]

Is this not wickedness? What misconduct are they talking about bikonu

 

[Dimaria]

No name of crime

 

[Dimaria]

Shear wickedness

 

[Arinze]

Nawa oo

 

[orah debby]

Disbarred already and yet couldn't name the offense?

 

[orah debby]

E get as e be

 

[ginika eze]

This is serious

 

[Samuel Arua]

Why did they disbar him? Is it connected to the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and agitation of the IPOB?

 

[Abdulsalam17]

Why did they disbar him? Is it connected to the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and agitation of the IPOB?

May its bcs of that

 

[Samuel Arua]

May its bcs of that

Then it is persecution.