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Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has
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sent the lawyers of the former Ki State
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Governor y m to the legal practitioners
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disciplinary committee lpdc for
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investigation following their options in
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handling the case of 80.2 million ners
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alleged frud committed by the former
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Governor according to new statement from
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the economic and financial crimes
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commission efcc the court asked the lpdc
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to investigate the lawyers who are
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senior Advocates of Nigeria from his
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conduct for failing to produce y High
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bow in court the news release rates in
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court below those justicea of the
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federal High Court sitting in amja on
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Wes July 17th 2024 turned down an
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application by a former governor of Ki
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State y seing a state of proceedings and
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St of his arrangments in the alleged
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80.2 billion n money laundering charge
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instituted against him by the economic
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and financial crimes commission also the
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court has asked the legal practitioners
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disciplinary committee lpdc to
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investigate B Council ABD Ram Muhammad s
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and son for confessional misconduct for
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rening on their undertakings to produce
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the former Governor for arrangment the
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court had on June 27th 2024 lettered
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this day for ruling on an application by
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the efcc leag council Kenny Pino son
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praying the court to hold Muhammad and
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ad for contempt of court at the resume
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session of the court on Wednesday
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Mohamad tried frantically to persuade
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the court to allow stay of proceedings
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arguing that appeals have been entered
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at the court of appeal Abu division both
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prosecution and defense councils held
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the court in firing arguments over the
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ruling P submitted that B's lawyers were
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only trying to arras the ruling meant
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for Wednesday on their F undertakings to
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produce their clients for arrangment he
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cited several authorities to establish
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the fact that since the matter BR before
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the Appellate Court had not been
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determined the trial court should not
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hold proceedings on the matter before it
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ruling on the efcc's application to home
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muhamad and for content of the court in
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view of their failure to honor the
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undertakings they me to produce the
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former Governor for arrangment justice
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asked the legal practitioners
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disciplinary committee lpdc to
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investigate the two senior lawyers for
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professional misconduct he stressed that
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Vos lawyers failed to bring their client
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for arrangment against their assurances
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and undertakings before the court
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ordinarily I would have taken this
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matter he but I would prefer to refer
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the matter to the legal practitioners
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disciplinary committee to propose
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necessary recommendation and necessary
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sanctions against the councils he said
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the judge also initially refused to
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Grant the application of withdrawal of
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services to Bow by ad however After
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Passion appeals by P he granted it both
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directed aded to make a formal
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application before the court to that
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effect meanwhile Abdul RAB said he would
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try to bring bow to court on the next
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ajent de though without taking any
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undertaking to that effect P hero
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informed the court that the prosecution
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on its part would make the necessary
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arrangement to bring the former Governor
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to court as the efcc was making efforts
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to lias with other sister security
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agencies to extract the defendant from
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the Ki state government house where he
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is hibernating Justice thereafter adj
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joed the matter till September 25th 2024
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for arrangment Bell is faing prosecution
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alongside his nephew Ali Bell da suan
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and Abdul Salam hu on 19 count charges
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bothering on money laundering to the
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46,47 89 ners and 88 Kos coo only
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