Legal luminary and senior advocate of Nigeria, Aare Afe Babalola has submitted a petition to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC), seeking the removal of Dele Farotimi from the roll of Nigerian legal practitioners.
Edum News reports that the petition was made by the Law Firm of Afe Babalola in a 90-page document dated December 6, 2024.
In the petition, Afe Babalola alleged that Farotimi violated certain provisions of the rules of professional conduct for lawyers.
Farotimi was accused of engaging in conduct that was unbecoming of a legal practitioner by making false accusations against the Supreme Court and the legal profession.
The petition partly reads, “He joined his clients in committing misconduct and breach of law with reference to judicial officers by having unlawful access to a judicial officer. He gave service to his client which he knows is capable of causing a breach of law and disrespect and corrupting a judicial officer. He knowingly made a false statement of law and facts with respect to a case already decided by the Supreme Court.”
