The Digest:
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has warned that lawyers who file ex parte applications or seek interlocutory orders on issues about the internal affairs of political parties risk disciplinary action. NBA president Afam Osigwe said Section 83 of the Electoral Act bars courts from entertaining such matters. The NBA called on the National Judicial Council to sanction judges who knowingly assume jurisdiction in matters clearly barred by law, warning that such practices "do not augur well for our democracy."
Key Points:
- Lawyers are "ministers in the temple of justice, not political agents."
- The NBA will petition the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee against offenders.
- Forum shopping and malicious applications risk transforming courts into political arenas.
- The warning follows recent internal wrangling in ADC and PDP.
- INEC had earlier derecognised ADC factions led by David Mark and Nafiu Bala.
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