The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee has expelled a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Kunle Kalejaye, from further practising as a lawyer.
The LPDC disbarred ‎Kalejaye after finding him guilty of professional misconduct by a five-man panel of the LPDC, led by the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa.
‎The LPDC found Kalejaye guilty of misconduct while representing the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, at the Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, where Oyinlola’s victory in the 2007 poll was being challenged, by the then candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola.
Kalejaye was said to have engaged in “confidential, private and confidential telephone conversation” with the Chairman of the Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, Justice Thomas Naron,‎ without the knowledge of the other party.
‎He allegedly engaged in the “unprofessional act” between March and June 2008 and Justice Naron, with whom he committed the misconduct, had since on February 20, 2013 been compulsorily retired by the National Judicial Council.
The Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Ekiti Division, Justice Paul Galinje, who read the directive (judgment of the LPDC), held that the prosecution, the Nigerian Bar Association, proved its three-count complaint against Kalejaye.
The NBA was represented by Jibrin Okutepa (SAN).
He held that Kalejaiye violated the provisions of sections 1, 15, 30, 31, 34 and 55 of the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners (2007).
The panel directed the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court to delete his name from the roll (list) of legal practitioners in the country.
The committee also directed that its decision should be served on the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, the Chief Judges of all the states of the federation, the Chief Judge of Federal High Court, Chief Judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, the Inspector General of Police and all states’ Commissioners of Police.
It also directed that the decision be published in the media.
Kalejaiye’s lawyer, Niyi Owolade, a former Attorney General of Osun State, had objected to the LPDC’s decision.

He said his client was about filing his appeal at the Supreme Court.

Under the Legal Practitioners Act, Kalejaiye has up to 28 days to appeal the decision, failing which it will become effective.
Source: http://www.punchng.com/news/misconduct-lpdc-expels-san-over-oyinlolas-election-petition/

This clearly show that no matter how fast lies & falsehood moves , it will still be overtaken by truth.

Yea let the law take its due course cos last time i checked, we've had several of them in the past who compromised but later brought to book. To sanitaze the judicial system the Lpdc must awake to the call of said objectives cos jury cant continue to be factotum in the hands of politicians for selfish reasons without the country's interest.

What of Justice Salami?

His contacts with Tinubu and The Ooni of Gbese Land,Aregberascal is well documented.

A similar disciplinary hearing should be convened to review his actions and if found guilty stripped of all his titles and criminally prosecuted.

One by one... until 90% of the country os cleansed...

Truth must prevail one day

WombRaiders:


His contacts with Tinubu and The "Ooni of Gbese" Land,Aregberascal is well documented.

You are badt.

Emm... The bolded means "The King/Master of Debt".

Uhm... Karma is watching in 3D.

I tell you, Truth no need to ride power bike to overtake Lie that had travelled for years .
Breeze don blow, foul yansh don open

when God himself decides to salvage a country things naturally begin to fall in place. we shall get there.God bless the Federal republic of nigeria

Vikkie14:
Uhm... Karma is watching in 3D.

I tell you, Truth no need to ride power bike to overtake Lie that had travelled for years .
Breeze don blow, foul yansh don open

PDP's effort at perpetuating itself in power has crumbled like a pack of tasteless cookies.

I don't feel any pity for him, his client Oyinlola has since became a progressthief so he will surely get a soft landing during Buhari regime

Representing PDP to change the outcome of judgement to favour oyinlola
Power can do the undo.
Will his expel change damage?
Is oyinlola too not culprit ?

UAE123:
This clearly show that no matter how fast lies & falsehood moves , it will still be overtaken by truth.

YES,The leg of a lie is very short

To the saTANists above me. You all forget that Oyinlola was a PDP Governor as at the time Kalejaiye was challenging him. The lawyer judge parleying is a trademark of PDP

The guy has made his money sha.

Serves him right, Iyan ogun odun a maa jo'ni lowo ... The seed of evil sown yesterday will be reaped tomorrow.

After all these comments then, none came back to say the man San-ship has been restored last year may.