LPDC Disbarrs Seven Lawyers, Suspends 12

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By Alex Enumah in Abuja

The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) on Tuesday disclosed that it has between January and November this year disbarred seven legal practitioners and suspended 12 others over various acts of professional misconduct.

Life Bencher and Chairman, Body of Benchers, Alhaji Bashir Dalhatu, who made the disclosure, warned that professionalism is the hallmark and life of the legal profession, hence lawyers must at all times maintain the highest level in the discharge of their duties.

Dalhatu, who was speaking at the Call to Bar ceremony of the August/September graduands of the Nigerian Law School, warned the new lawyers to always be guided by professionalism and ethics of the profession so as not to suffer similar fate.

“The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) is a committee of the Body of…



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