SAN FRANCISCO, April 28, (THEWILL) – The Supreme Court has struck out the name of Lagos lawyer, Emeka Ephraim Ugwuonye, also known as due process, from the legal practitioner’s roll.
The apex court’s decision to delist the lawyer was conveyed to him in a letter dated 24 April, 2018 signed by Mrs. Gertrude B Bari-Nyana on behalf of the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court.
The letter with (Ref No. 197/SCN/LIT/100118) was was titled: “Re-BB/LPDC/217/16 Nigerian Bar Association V. Ephraim Emeka Ugwuonye”.
According to the letter Ugwuonye’s name was struck off because after he was tried and found guilty of infamous confduct in the course of the performance of your duty as a legal practitioner.
“This is to notify you of a NOTICE issued by the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee to the effect that your name be stuck off the Roll of Legal Practitioners after you were tried and found guilty of infamous confduct in the course of the performance of your duty as a legal practitioner as set out in Count 1,of the complaint, contrary to Rules 23 and 55 of the Rules of professional conduct in the Legal Practition 2007 and punishable under section 12-(1)(a) of Legal Practitioners Act as amended,” the letter read.
“The said notice is dated 22nd day of May,2017, and in the absence of an appeal after a stipulated time within which to appeal has elapsed,the name UGWUONYE EPHRAIM CHUKWUEMEKA is hereby STRUCKOFF the Roll of Legal Practitioners.
“UGWUONYE EPHRAIM CHUKWUEMEKA is not entitled to practice as Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
“Any letter issued to you before now with regards to your enrollment status is null and void with immediate effect.”
