A move to disbar popular lawyer, Dele Farotimi by the firm of senior lawyer, Afe Babalola following the allegations in a recently published book, has been rejected by the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC).
The LPDC, in its report obtained by ait.live determined that the alleged offenses occurred in Farotimi’s capacity as an author, not during his practice as a legal professional.
The Committee concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to address complaints about publications and advised aggrieved parties to seek redress in regular courts.
The LPDC Chairman, Justice Ishaq Bello, affirmed that the petition could not be granted due to jurisdictional limitations.
The petition had accused Farotimi of distorting case facts, disrespecting fellow lawyers, and engaging in actions that obstructed justice for personal gain.
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Babalola’s Law chambers had claimed that Farotimi’s book violated several sections of the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners 2023 and requested that his name be struck off the Roll of Legal Practitioners in Nigeria.
The petition was authored by Ola Faro, a lawyer in Babalola’s Emmanuel Chambers.
(Editor: Ken Eseni)
