NBA Moves To Flush Out Bad Eggs In Judiciary

Bad eggs in the country’s legal system should be prepared to change for good or leave the profession as the Nigeria Bar Association Bar Association (NBA) is now ready and doing everything possible to weed them out from the legal profession and the Judiciary.

This was disclosed by NBA President, Mr Abubakar Balarabe Mahmood on the sideline of the National Executive Council meeting of the association in Minna on Thursday .
Mahmood said: “The allegations of corruption against the bar and the bench should not undermine the significant contributions of the Judiciary and the legal profession to the nation building. Few bad eggs should not lead to total condemnation of the institution.
“NBA will always cooperate with the Federal Government to fish out bad eggs but this should be done in accordance with due process and the rule of law ”.
While conceding to the fact that “there are problems in the judiciary and the entire legal profession that needs to be addressed” the NBA President said the association was working round the clock to address these problems.
His words: “NBA is making effort to ensure the integrity of the profession and the judiciary is restored and improved upon. The allegations against members are under investigation, if the allegations are established NBA will come out with disciplinary measures against those concerned”.
Mahmood therefore, called on the Nigerian public to give the much needed respect to the legal profession which he maintained had played vital developmental roles in the nation’s political and economic lives.
Speaking at the opening of the conference the NBA President said part of the agenda for the meeting was to “set in motion the machinery of building a brand new bar association”.
Niger state acting Governor Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed Ketso, who declared the meeting opened, announced that the state government was working round the clock to ensure the revision of the laws of the state which were last reviewed 30 years ago.
Ketso said government was also working on a new code of conduct for prosecutors saying also that very soon a new guideline and procedures for judicial officers in the state would come into operation.
The acting governor further submitted that the state would domesticate the administration of criminal justice act to make it serve as catalyst for speedy administration of justice.
A bill to this effect would soon be sent to the state house of assembly he disclosed.