The attention of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has been called by its former President, Olisa Agbakoba, SAN to call the lawyers to order over what he described as breach of ethics of the profession.
Agbakoba charged the current president of the association to call out lawyers that breach rules and ethics by turning the media into a court of law over President Bola Tinubu’s alleged certificate forgery.
Agbakoba, in a statement yesterday, said that he was ashamed to see lawyers on national television arguing and debating the merits or demerits of the allegations.
The senior lawyer expressed displeasure with what he described as the cacophony of discordant voices on Tinubu and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar surrounding the controversy over the CSU records.
He warned that armchair lawyers were heating up Nigeria dangerously, urging people to keep their opinions and views to themselves while awaiting a decision from the Supreme Court.
“The cacophony of discordant voices on Tinubu/Atiku over the certificate matter is completely out of hand. This utter nonsense from armchair lawyers is heating up Nigeria dangerously. Please, can we keep our opinions and views to ourselves, awaiting a decision of the Supreme Court?
“I am so ashamed to see lawyers on television arguing one way or the other on the merits or demerits of the Chicago State University matter. This is most unhelpful! I call out all media that tolerate this nonsense of adjudicating the CSU matter on TV and newspapers.
“I urge the President of the Nigerian Bar Association to call out lawyers that breach rules of ethics by turning the media into a Court of Law.
“Can we please stop heating up our country!!! Let us allow the Supreme Court of Nigeria to make a judicial pronouncement which is binding on us all!!!! This public nonsense must stop,” Agbakoba submitted.
By Adekunle Adegboyega
