Two lawyers Barrister Okechukwu Nweze and Barrister Ken Obi have been docked for Court contempt for engaging in physical fight while arguing their client’s case before a magistrate court in Kano on January 31st 2017.
The lawyers, in the presence of Chief Magistrate, Muhammad Jibril, in the middle of court proceedings, were said to have started a verbal altercation, which escalated into a scuffle that only stopped when the magistrate gave an order for their temporary detention.
The Kano State chapter of the Nigerian Bar Association on Saturday, expressed disapproval and dismay at the lawyers behaviour and ststed the readiness of the Association to refer the two lawyers to the Association’s disciplinary Committee whenever they are through with the Court Comtempt proceedings.
The state NBA Chairman, Ibrahim Mukhtar, and the Publicity Secretary, Yusuf AbdulSalam, in a statement, described the behaviours of both lawyers as “unruly, un-lawyerly, damnable, condemnable, disrespectful and utterly unprofessional.”
The NBA reassured members of the public that the alleged misconduct did not in any way represent the disposition of lawyers and that other members of the profession were embarrassed by the “unruly conduct.”
Both lawyers are scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday for contempt proceedings.


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