This was revealed in a statement issued by the Publicity Secretary of the branch, Patrick Agboola, on Friday in Lagos.
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A prosecution witness, Thelma Coco-Bassey, on Wednesday alleged that Adeshina Ogunlana, a former Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association, Ikeja branch, accused of N20.1 million fraud, lavishly spent money belonging to the association, which he allegedly kept in polythene bags.
There was mild drama in Ikeja, Lagos State on Monday as operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arrested Yinka Farounbi, a former Chairman of the Ikeja branch of the Nigerian Bar Association.
Justice Sherifat Solebo of a Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja on Wednesday objected to an attempt to disrupt proceedings in her courtroom by a task force of the Nigeria Bar Association, Ikeja Branch.
Ogunlana told newsmen on Monday in Ikeja that his privacy and that of NBA Ikeja Branch had been breached due to surveillance placed on his home and office.
On March 28, scores of security operatives, including officials of the Department of State Security and the policemen, led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Operations, A. Mohammed, invaded the secretariat of the NBA in Ikeja.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that stakeholders walked out after the House declined to yield to calls for the postponement of the exercise by the stakeholders.
Consequently, the lawyers have threatened to go on another round of protest if nothing is done.
Tunde Braimoh, the Chairman, House Committee on Information, Publicity, Strategy and Security, told the News Agency of Nigeria that people’s will remains the ultimate in democracy.
Ambode, represented by Rotimi Ogunleye, the Lagos Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives, said this in Lagos at the 50th Annual General Meeting of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, Ikeja branch.