Police Lawyer Heading Abba Kyari’s Legal Unit Suspended For 5 Years After Taking Proceeds From Hotel Owned By Kidnap Kingpin
The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has suspended Barrister Nosa Watson Uhumwangho, the police attorney in charge of Abba Kyari’s Intelligence Response Team (IRT), the legal division of the disgraced “Super Cop.”
According to Uhumwangbo, Kyari forced him to deposit money from a hotel owned by a suspected kidnapping ringleader into his account.
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In accordance with Section 22(b) of the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee Rules, 2020 and all other enabling provisions, the Disciplinary Committee suspended Uhumwangho, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), from legal practise for a period of five years, beginning on the day the suspension direction was delivered.
The LPDC further ordered Uhumwangho to transfer all funds held in his personal account right away to a clearly marked official account of the police authority.
The committee further instructed the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court to “effect the order (direction) against Uhumwangho and make a notation of the direction against the name of Nosa Watson Uhumwangho on the Roll of Legal Practitioners”
Further instructions stated to “Bring Notice the direction to Barr Nosa by publishing same in a Newspaper and in the Federal Gazette as required by law.”
“Serve the order to the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, who will take the necessary action to inform the General Council of the Bar, National Executive Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, and other NBA organs.
The petitioner claimed that the police lawyer engaged in conduct unbecoming of a lawyer by taking the proceeds from his client’s property and using them for his own benefit.
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Uhumwangho described how Kyari forced him to deposit money from a hotel owned by an alleged kidnap kingpin into his account while responding to the allegation at the petition hearing.
According to Uhumwangho, Kyari instructed him to deposit N3,075,300 ($3.07 million) into his (Uhumwangho’s) bank from the De-English Hotel in Enugu and another property at 21, Edinburgh Street owned by the late Collins Ezenwa, also known as E-Money, an alleged kidnapper.
Uhumwangho’s attorney, Olukayode Enitan (SAN), contested the LPDC’s authority to hear the case, claiming that the alleged act was carried out as part of Uhumwangho’s police duties.
However, the Justice Ishaq Bello-led Committee disregarded Enitan’s case and ordered Uhumwangho’s five-year suspension.
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