From Bolaji Robert, Lagos
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has appointed the Chairman of the NBA Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL), Dr. Monday Ubani, to serve as the NBA’s Special Investigator to inter-alia unmask those behind the attack on Justice Mary Odili’s home.
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Olumide Akpata, has called upon President Muhammadu Buhari to set up an independent panel to investigate the unlawful invasion of the home of Justice Mary Odili, a serving justice of the Supreme Court.
Addressing a press conference in Lagos on Friday, the NBA president noted that although there are already various investigation panels set up to look into the incident, none of them can be said to be independent.
He said the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN), had agreed to submit to the panel already set up but that the AGF cannot set up the panel to investigate himself.
Akpata said if the AGF is found culpable, he would be taken before the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC).
He said the NBA would also appoint a special investigator to lead the charge against anyone found culpable.
Trouble started October 29, 2021, when security operatives raided the residence of Justice Mary Peter-Odili purportedly on an assignment to execute a search warrant, issued by a magistrate.
