..NBA to petition LPDC over Prof Ndifon misconduct
The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has resolved the disagreement that emerged among it’s national officers at the last Annual General Meeting of the association.
The body has also concluded it’s investigation into allegations of sexual assault and harassment by former and present students of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar against Prof. Cyril Ndifon
Ndifon is the suspended Dean of the University’s Faculty of Law.
The body is meanwhile to make a complaint of professional misconduct to Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, LPDC, against the suspended lecturer.
NBA National Publicity Secretary, Akorede Lawal in a statement late Monday, said:
“The NBA President, Mr. Yakubu Maikyau, SAN has announced the reconciliation of the national officers following the disagreements that emerged during the last Annual General Meeting of the NBA.
“Mr. Maikyau made this known during the weekend when he led the national officers to congratulate and felicitate Asiwaju and Yeye Adegboyega SAwomolo, SAN at their residence in Gwarinpa, Abuja on the occasion of their son’s wedding, Mr. Babatunde Awomolo.
“He said ‘We have allowed ourselves to become ministers of reconciliation such that all the challenges and the differences we had within our Exco, have by the special grace of God today, been reconciled.
‘And the first place we would go to after that reconciliation is this occasion.
‘We give God all the glory, and the process of reconciliation was not difficult, it was seamless.’
“The reconciliation of the national officers took place at the meeting of the National Executive Committee of the NBA, presided over by the President, who had in attendance all the national officers.
Exco members resolved to put their differences aside
“Rising from the meeting, members of the Exco resolved to put their differences aside and re-dedicate themselves to the service of members and the lofty objectives of the NBA.
“Meanwhile, an ad-hoc committee of the NBA has concluded investigation into the allegations of sexual assault and harassment by former and present students of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar against Prof. Cyril Ndifon.
“He is the suspended Dean of the University’s Faculty of Law.
“The committee led by Mrs. Linda Bala, the 1st Vice President of the NBA submitted its report to the NBA President during the meeting of the National Executive Committee of the Association which held over the weekend at the NBA House in Abuja.
Complaint of professional misconduct against Prof Ndifon to be made to LPDC
“The committee, which met with and had engagements with Prof. Ndifon and some complainants in Calabar recommended, among other things, that a complaint of professional misconduct be made by the NBA before the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, LPDC, against the suspended lecturer.
“In his reaction, the NBA President thanked the committee for its efforts and pledged that the report of the committee shall be presented to the National Executive Council, NEC, of the NBA at its forthcoming meeting in December 2023 and that the recommendations made by the committee shall be immediately implemented upon approval of the NEC,” the statement added.
