The Chairman of the Nigerian Barristers Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law,
Monday Ubani, has said upon investigation, any lawyer caught abusing judicial processes will be
handed over to the Legal Practitioners
Disciplinary Committee for appropriate punishment.
This is coming after the Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman of the National Judicial Council, Justice Tanko Muhammad, summoned the chief judges of six states over conflicting decisions given by courts of coordinate jurisdiction.
The chief judges who were summoned included those of Rivers, Kebbi, Cross River, Anambra, Jigawa and Imo states.
The President of NBA Olumide Akpata in a statement recently, had also said the trend of conflicting court judgments was unfortunate.
“Regrettably, we have begun to receive worrying news of recurring contradictory decisions by our
courts based on the apparently indiscriminate grant of orders and counter-orders. Examples include the orders relating to the nomination of
candidates by political parties for the
forthcoming gubernatorial election in Anambra State.
He further added that it’s equally embarrassing situation playing out in respect of the PDP leadership crisis
that has seen no fewer than three different rulings, all by courts of coordinate jurisdiction, in circumstances that leave a lot to be desired,” he said.
Finally Akpata promised to enlist the support of the Chairman of the NBA Judiciary Committee, Dr Babatunde Ajibade (SAN), as well as the chairpersons of the NBA Section of Legal Practice and the NBA-SPIDEL, Mr Oluwaseun Abimbola (SAN) and Dr Monday Ubani.