A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered the
Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar
Malami, to take disciplinary actions against a senior lawyer with the Nigerian
Immigration Service (NIS), Jimoh Abdulkadir Adamu, for “unprofessional
conduct.”
Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo, in a ruling on Tuesday, also
ordered Adamu to appear before the court on January 21, 2022, to show cause why
further orders should not be made about his unprofessional conduct.
The ruling was on an application by Ifedayo Adedipe (SAN),
lawyer to a former Governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili, complaining of
deliberate disrespect to the lawful order of the court.
Adedipe had urged the court to among others, penalise Adamu
for disrespecting the court and treating it with contempt.
Adamu has been representing the NIS and its Director-General
in a fundamental rights enforcement suit by Odili, with which he challenged the
seizure of his international passport by the NIS.
Adedipe noted that Adamu has failed to obey a subsisting
order that the passport is deposited with the Registrar of the court pending
the hearing of his motion for stay of execution.
He added that Adamu has consistently failed to attend court
despite being served with a hearing notice in relation to his pending motion.
Details shortly…
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