The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has resolved to sanction all its members involved in the promotion of a parallel association, Law Society of Nigeria, IgbereTV reports
The body particularly resolved that a Past NBA General Secretary, Mr. Nimi Walson-Jack who acted as a solicitor to the promoters of the new law society be stripped of his privileges as past General Secretary and consequently, be suspended from being a member of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Association.
The NBA made this known in its communique signed by the President of the Bar, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Yakubu Maikyau and released to the press today. The communique represents the decisions taken at its quarterly NEC meeting which held recently in Abuja on Dec. the 15th.