The Nigerian Bar Association has instituted an action at the Federal High Court Abuja to challenge the purported elongation of the tenure of Mr Mohammed Abubakar Adamu as Inspector General of Police by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olumide Akpata, has called for the independence of the judiciary and appealed to the National Judicial Council to rid the judiciary of corruption.
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olumide Akpata, has called on the Nigerian police and the attorney general of every state to charge arrested defaulters of curfew to court or release them.
The House of Representatives will collaborate with the national leadership of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on the proposed law it is working on to address police brutality and other issues, Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila has said.
The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) condemns unequivocally the brazen & serial breaches of the fundamental rights of Nigerians, including the right to life, by officers of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) a specialist unit of the @PoliceNG and other security agencies.
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olumide Akpata has reacted to the kidnap of a lawyer Paulette Bisola Ajayi by gunmen in Port Harcourt on Sunday.
