Nigerian lawyers attack ambulance-chasers

Lagos-based lawyer Anthony Makolo said: 'Some of these lawyers, who chase briefs in court often times have no intention of undertaking full representation of the accused in the substantive trial….The situation is very disturbing because these lawyers by their conduct send wrong signals to members of the public that the profession is cheap.' Constitutional lawyer Ogedi Ogu pointed towards non-lawyers who pretend to be lawyers when doing this work. He said: 'This practice simply leaves the impression in the minds of litigants that lawyers are hungry and desperate people.  It is now very important for the legal system to make moves to check incidences of abuse on the profession by lawyers