The Supreme Court of Liberia has suspended the former Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) Boss A. Ndubuisi Nwabudike, from the practice of law directly or indirectly in Liberia for six(6) months.
Delivering the ruling, Chief Justice of Liberia, Francis S. Korkpor said the Attorney General of the Ministry of Justice is instructed to take seize of the matter and proceed as instructed herein.
Chief Justice Korkpor noted that Nwabudike fate and status with the Liberia National Bar Association (LNBA) will abide the action of the Attorney General of Liberia.
He ordered the clerk of the Supreme Court to inform the Attorney General of the Ministry of Justice, the Parties and all Courts in the Republic of this decision.
Chief Justice Korkpor stated that under the circumstances of this case, it would be wrong for Nwabudike to continue to practice law when quite clearly the documents he filed which necessitated his admission to the practice of law in Liberia are wrapped in inconsistencies and discrepancies to which he filed to specifically address himself before the Grievance and Ethics Committee (GEC) of the Supreme Court.
He said the Supreme Court with the authority to regulate the practice of law in Liberia, will take appropriate punitive action in such cases.
Chief Justice Korkpor pointed out that the ultimate disposition of this matter to its logical conclusion resets with the determination of whether Nwabudike Liberian citizenship was indeed obtained by fraud which conclusion can only be made after the Attorney General of Liberia has instituted Court proceedings in the matter.
Accordingly, he said the Attorney General of Liberia is hereby instructed to take seize of this matter and if he deems appropriate, institute proceedings to revoke and set aside the order admitting that Nwabudike to Liberian citizenship and cancel his certificate of naturalization.
On the other hand, Chief Justice Korkpor explained that if the Attorney General of Liberia finds that the order admitting that Nwabudike to Liberian citizenship was issued through a manifest error of law or fact that can be remedied by procedural means, Nwabudike should be allowed a reasonable opportunity to institute corrective proceedings in consonance with the Alien and National Law of Liberia.
It can be re-called the Liberia National Bar Association (LNBA) expelled Nwabudike, from forming part of the Bar and deleting his name from its record after months of contention regarding his Liberian citizenship, with fake documents filed on his date of birth.
“The purpose of this press engagement is for the Liberian National Bar Association (LNBA) to inform the Liberian people through the press about its findings and decision on the critical issue of the Liberian citizenship of Cllr. A. Nbudusi Nwabudike and his controversial membership of the Liberian National Bar Association,” Cllr. Tiawan S. Gongloe, President of the LNBA said at a presser at the weekend.
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