Kunle Kalejaiye SAN Banned From Practicing For Misconduct Over Oyinlola-Aregbesola Election Petition

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEjORZg_l8xwyhMo_OwSgL1yjmFPd2EMDW3BgUeslZ9g9i7QxA3z9l-j25ZDsTyikrePGEJFbs4iswQZf4FGLYcuL6a4uxICUmk_1zb3G2cM0-guN3X4QgzOtZEYidQva1YAbCdRIDa_qN/s1600/Kalejaiye-500x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEjORZg_l8xwyhMo_OwSgL1yjmFPd2EMDW3BgUeslZ9g9i7QxA3z9l-j25ZDsTyikrePGEJFbs4iswQZf4FGLYcuL6a4uxICUmk_1zb3G2cM0-guN3X4QgzOtZEYidQva1YAbCdRIDa_qN/s1600/Kalejaiye-500x300.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee has expelled a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Kunle Kalejaye, from further practising as a lawyer.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The LPDC disbarred ‎Kalejaye after finding him guilty of professional misconduct by a five-man panel of the LPDC, led by the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> ‎The LPDC found Kalejaye guilty of misconduct while representing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, at the Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, where Oyinlola's victory in the 2007 poll was being challenged, by the then candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Mr. Rauf Aregbesola.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Kalejaye was said to have engaged in "confidential, private and confidential telephone conversation" with the Chairman of the Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, Justice Thomas Naron,‎ without the knowledge of the other party.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> ‎He allegedly engaged in the "unprofessional act" between March and June 2008 and Justice Naron, with whom he committed the misconduct, had since on February 20, 2013 been compulsorily retired by the National Judicial Council.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Ekiti Division, Justice Paul Galinje, who read the directive (judgment of the LPDC), held that the prosecution, the Nigerian Bar Association, proved its three-count complaint against Kalejaye.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The NBA was represented by Jibrin Okutepa (SAN).</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He held that Kalejaiye violated the provisions of sections 1, 15, 30, 31, 34 and 55 of the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners (2007).</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The panel directed the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court to delete his name from the roll (list) of legal practitioners in the country.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The committee also directed that its decision should be served on the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, the Chief Judges of all the states of the federation, the Chief Judge of Federal High Court, Chief Judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, the Inspector General of Police and all states’ Commissioners of Police.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It also directed that the decision be published in the media.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Kalejaiye's lawyer, Niyi Owolade, a former Attorney General of Osun State, had objected to the LPDC's decision.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said his client was about filing his appeal at the Supreme Court.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Under the Legal Practitioners Act, Kalejaiye has up to 28 days to appeal the decision, failing which it will become effective.</div> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>=============================================================</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: large;">PLACE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS HERE </span>=============================================================</b><br /> <b>Need Dubai visas (2 weeks or 3 months)? 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Kunle Kalejaiye SAN Banned From Practicing For Misconduct Over Oyinlola-Aregbesola Election Petition

The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee has expelled a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Kunle Kalejaye, from further practising...

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