NBA President Receives Committee’s Report On Conflicting Orders

A three-man panel set up by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to examine the conflicting court orders from various courts across the country in political cases, has submitted its report to the NBA President, Olumide Akpata.

Gatekeepers News reports that the committee is made up of Dr Babatunde Ajibade SAN, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee; Oluwaseun Abimbola SAN, Chairman of the Section on Legal Practice; and Dr Monday Ubani, Chairman of the Section on Public Interest and Development Law.

The NBA President, before setting up the Committee, issued a statement condemning  the “unfortunate and recurring trend of contradictory Court decisions and orders especially amongst courts of coordinate jurisdiction typically arising from ex-parte applications and almost always in political matters”.

The three-man committee was mandated to make enquiries and provide the NBA President with a preliminary report on what transpired in the specific cases referred to in the statement and, “if and where our members were involved in a manner amounting to misconduct, to make recommendations for further action by the NBA.”

Gatekeepers News reports that the specific cases referred to in the NBA President’s statement were those relating to the National Chairmanship crisis of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and those relating to the nomination of candidates by the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for the last  gubernatorial elections in Anambra State.

The Committee has carried out the assignment and has sent its findings and recommendations to the NBA President for further action.