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Labour Party petitions legal practitioners' disciplinary body over lawyer's TV comments

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The petition is a spillover from the legal duel between the factional chairmen of the Labour Party - Lamidi Apapa and Julius Abure.

has urged the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee to sanction a Nigerian lawyer, Monday Mawah, for allegedly misrepresenting judgements of the Court of Appeal regarding the party’s leadership tussle.

Mr Ifoh said Mr Maduka, an Abuja-based lawyer “who is not a counsel in the matter and was not in court when the judgements were delivered, went on air on Channels Television” to comment strongly on the judgements. The petitioner also maintained that the appellate court dismissed the appeal and held that Mr Maduka, who lodged the appeal, lacked the right to do so.

 

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