PANAPRESS
Panafrican News Agency
Ex-Nigeria Attorney General punished for misdeeds in office
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Justice Minister Michael
Aondoakaa was Monday slammed with a two-year suspension from the use of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria
(SAN) for his misdeeds while in office.
SAN is the highest rank that may be conferred on legal practitioners in Nigeria, and it is the equivalent of the rank of
Queen's Counsel in the UK.
''The decision to suspend the erstwhile AGF was reached after due consideration of the report of the Sub-Committee earlier
set up to review the petition of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, the judgment of the Federal High Court, Calabar
on 1st June, 2010 declaring among others that he is unfit to hold the office of Attorney General or any public office in Nigeria.
''(The suspension is also due to the) the declaration of his person as persona non grata for offences relating to corruption and
the consequent revocation of his entry visa by the American Government earlier in the year,” the Legal Practitioners Privileges
Committee (LPPC) said in a statement obtained by PANA here.
LLPC Secretary and Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Mr. Sunday Olorundahunsi, explained that the LPPC reached the
decision to suspend the former Justice Minister after reviewing the report of the sub-committee, which investigated some allegation of
misconduct brought against him.
-0- PANA MON/SEG 6Dec2010
Aondoakaa was Monday slammed with a two-year suspension from the use of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria
(SAN) for his misdeeds while in office.
SAN is the highest rank that may be conferred on legal practitioners in Nigeria, and it is the equivalent of the rank of
Queen's Counsel in the UK.
''The decision to suspend the erstwhile AGF was reached after due consideration of the report of the Sub-Committee earlier
set up to review the petition of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, the judgment of the Federal High Court, Calabar
on 1st June, 2010 declaring among others that he is unfit to hold the office of Attorney General or any public office in Nigeria.
''(The suspension is also due to the) the declaration of his person as persona non grata for offences relating to corruption and
the consequent revocation of his entry visa by the American Government earlier in the year,” the Legal Practitioners Privileges
Committee (LPPC) said in a statement obtained by PANA here.
LLPC Secretary and Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Mr. Sunday Olorundahunsi, explained that the LPPC reached the
decision to suspend the former Justice Minister after reviewing the report of the sub-committee, which investigated some allegation of
misconduct brought against him.
-0- PANA MON/SEG 6Dec2010
