Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) has
lifted the suspension placed on Chief A.A. Aribisala as a Senior Advocate of
Nigeria (SAN).
On February 26, 2013 LPPCHE suspended Aribisala
from further use of the rank of SAN based on two petitions received by the LPPC
on allegations of flagrant breach of professional ethics and professional
misconduct.
A statement by Olorundahunsi who is also the Secretary of
LPPC said the LLPC at its meeting on Monday, decided to lift
Aribisala’s suspension, after consideration of all material facts
including notices of withdrawal/discontinuance and subsequent letter of
withdrawal of petition and terms of settlement.
“Pursuant to the committee’s decision, Aribisala has been
restored to the rank of SAN with effect from October 27.
The committee also said that any future act by Aribisala
that ran foul of the LPPC rule would attract a stiffer sanction.
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment
of Justice Chima Centus Nweze as a Justice of the Supreme Court after his
confirmation by the Senate.
The appointment is in accordance with the
provisions of Section 231 (2) of the 1999 constitution.
A statement issued by the Chief Registrar of the Supreme
Court, Sunday Olorundahunsi, said the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice
Mariam Aloma Mukhtar, would today swear in Justice Nweze.
Until his present appointment, Justice Nweze, who hails
from Enugu State, was a justice of the Court of Appeal, Calabar Division.
He would replace Justice Christopher Chukwuma-Enneh who
retired as a justice of the Supreme Court last April after attaining mandatory
retirement age of 70 years.
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