LPDC throws out petition Against Kashamu”s lawyer

The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has dismissed a petition alleging professional misconduct against  a lawyer, Mr. Ajibola Oluyede. The LPDC, in a letter dated September 8, 2016‎, said that the petition against Oluyede by a senior advocate, Chief Godwin Obla, discloses no prima facie case of professional misconduct against the lawyer. ‎In the petition […]

The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has dismissed a petition alleging professional misconduct against  a lawyer, Mr. Ajibola Oluyede.

The LPDC, in a letter dated September 8, 2016‎, said that the petition against Oluyede by a senior advocate, Chief Godwin Obla, discloses no prima facie case of professional misconduct against the lawyer.

‎In the petition against Oluyede before the NBA, Obla denied leaking information of an alleged plot to abduct and extradite the Ogun-East senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu, to the United States of America in order to face trial over alleged drug-trafficking offence to Oluyede.

In an affidavit before the court, Ajibola Oluyede, maintained that the plot was leaked to him by Chief Godwin Obla.

Obla, who denied having or leaking the information, had dragged Oluyede before the Legal Practitioner Disciplinary Committee, accusing him of fabricating the story to make his client’s case look good.

He said he could never had shared such a piece of information with Oluyede, whom he said was no more than a professional acquaintance to him.

After the LPDC heard the parties involved in the matter, the committee in its decision communicated to Chief Obla and signed by Mr. Isiaka Abiola Olagunju said, "We write to inform you that the NBA Disciplinary Committee Abuja Panel B has concluded the hearing of your‎ petition, it is the decision of the panel that your petiton does not disclose a prima facie case of professional misconduct.

“Therefore, your petition against the respondent (Oluyede) is hereby dismissed.”