The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) has withdrawn the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) title and all the privileges attached to it from Lagos lawyer, Joseph Nwobike.
Supreme Court chief registrar and secretary of the committee, Hadizatu Mustapha, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.
This followed the conviction of the lawyer by a Lagos high court.
Nwobike was in April sentenced to 30 days imprisonment for perverting justice. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had charged him with bribing some judges and court officials.
Mustapha said the LPPC temporarily revoked the title following Nwobike’s conviction.
The statement read in part, “This is to notify the general public that the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee at its 132nd plenary session which was held today, the 21st day of June 2018; has suspended Joseph Nwobike Esq. from the use of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (and all other privileges attached to the rank) in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 25(2) of the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee Guidelines,” the statement read.
“This is sequel to his conviction by the Lagos State High Court of Justice for perversion of justice in charge No.LD/2516C/2016-FRN V. Dr. Joseph Nwobike SAN and pending the investigation by the sub-committee setup by the Chairman of the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee, the Rt. Honourable Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mr Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen GCON.”
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