... suspended Adamawa INEC REC too
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has has filed petitions at the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) against Miss Ifunanya Excel Grant, a young lawyer of Aba Branch wildly known as “the baddest lawyer” on social media over what it described as, "becoming conduct of some members of the legal profession."
Also, Mr Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was also included in the petition.
Both Ifunanya and Yunusa-Ari are lawyers and bona-fide members of the association, Society Mirror learnt.
A statement by National Publicity Secretary of the NBA, Mr. Akorede Habeeb Lawal on Saturday said, the decision was reached by the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the NBA at her recent monthly meeting presided over by the NBA President, Mr Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), with all the National Officers of the association in attendance.
The NBA spokesman said, the complaints against Miss Ifunanya centred on her social media notoriety of posting pictures and videos of herself unclad and smoking marijuana.
He however added that, none of the lawyers, (Ifunanya and Yunusa-Ari), petitioned or being investigated is deemed guilty of professional misconduct until the LPDC hands down its decisions after fair trial.
Lawal said, “the National Officers also deliberated at their earlier monthly meeting over the unbecoming conduct of some members of the legal profession.
“Following the resolutions of the National Officers, the NBA has filed petitions at the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) against Mr Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Ifunanya Excel Grant, a young lawyer of Aba Branch wildly known as “the baddest lawyer” on social media.
“Mr Yunusa-Ari was petitioned over his role in illegally declaring the result of the supplementary 2023 gubernatorial election in Adamawa State while votes were still being counted”.
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"The NBA President has emphasised the need for lawyers to continue to be of best conduct wherever they find themselves, and reiterated that the present NBA leadership will not relent in ridding the profession of the very few bad eggs that may be found." he added.
