The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has fixed September 30 for ruling in a petition against a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Ikechukwu Ezechukwu, and two other lawyers over alleged professional misconduct.
Nigerian Business Directory Documents made available to the News Agency of Nigeria yesterday in Abuja show that the other respondents are Smart Ukpanah and Hope Onyekwere.
In the petition before the LPDC, the respondents were accused of professional misconduct, criminal misrepresentation, forgery and perjury.
NAN reports that at the last sitting of the committee, counsel to the respondents, D.O. Okolo, urged the committee to dismiss the petition on the grounds that the petitioner, Kingsley Aneubuna, had decided to withdraw it.
Okolo told the committee that the petitioner had forwarded a letter notifying it of the intention to withdraw the petition.
LPDC dismisses petition against lawyer
He argued that the petitioner was aware of the proceedings but failed to appear before the panel.
“The petitioner forwarded a letter notifying the committee of the intention to withdraw the petition.
“The petitioner is very much aware of the proceedings but is not before the panel,” he said.
The committee, chaired by Kalu Umeh, SAN, reserved judgment until September 30 after hearing the respondents’ submissions.