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Lawyers Commence Petition To Strip A.G Malami Abubakar Of SAN Title

September 14, 2020September 14, 2020 Editor TellAfrica

A group of lawyers have signed a petition demanding the Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami, be stripped of the title of Senior Advocate of Nigeria over his recent unilateral amendments to the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners 2007. The petition registered by Izu Aniagu, on change.org, is titled, “Sign to strip Nigeria’s AGF, Abubakar Malami, the title of Senior Advocate of Nigeria” had received over 380 signatures. Aniagu claimed among other things that Malami unilaterally deleted the provisions of the Rules of Professional Conduct, which provide…

Unfair Hearing & Adverse Publicity: Magu Laments As He Writes Ayo Salami Led Investigative Committee

July 11, 2020July 11, 2020 Editor TellAfrica

The suspended boss of Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has written to the Justice Ayo Salami-led Presidential Investigative Committee, lamenting that it is unfortunate that he is being paraded like a ‘common criminal’. Our correspondent S’Teller gathered that Magu made this known through his lawyer, Wahab Shittu, in a letter directed to the investigative committee on Friday, noting that he had not seen the petitions containing the allegations against him, nor had the committee availed him with their terms of reference. “Mr Chairman, since the 6th of July…