'Influence peddling' row: Body of Benchers doesn't interfere with LPDC proceedings, says Olanipekun | TheCable

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‘Influence peddling’ row: Body of Benchers doesn’t interfere with disciplinary proceedings, says Olanipekun | TheCable

Wole Olanipekun, chairman of the Body of Benchers , says the body does not interfere with the activities of the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee .

, NBA also asked the committee to consider whether the partners of the firm of Wole Olanipekun & Co. are not liable to be disciplined alongside Ogunde.Ogunde had, in June, admitted to sending an email to SAIPEM Contracting Nigeria Ltd, soliciting a brief. “The Body of Benchers does not and will not interfere with any of the proceedings or outcome of such proceedings before the LPDC,” he said.

“This ugly practice is permeating the entire Nigerian legal landscape, leading to the churning out, on a regular basis, of conflicting orders and decisions of courts of coordinate jurisdictions,” he said.

 

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