The law firm of top lawyer Afe Babalola has urged the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) to disbar lawyer and activist Dele Farotimi, over his controversial book, titled, ‘Nigeria and its criminal justice system.’
Mr Farotimi’s book, a freewheeling criticism of Mr Babalola, his law firm and its lawyers as well as the entire Nigerian justice system, has prompted criminal and civil cases against him in different courts last week.
Afe Babalola & Co.’s 90-page petition dated 6 December was addressed to the LPDC, the regulatory body in charge of disciplining lawyers in line with the Legal Practitioners Act and the Rules of Professional Conduct for lawyers.
Guardian Newspaper reported that, in the petition, the law firm said Mr Farotimi violated provisions of the rules governing the professional conduct of lawyers.
It said that he “engaged in conduct which is unbecoming of a legal practitioner by making false accusations against the Supreme Court and…
