Ballot Snatching: NBA-SPIDEL Refers Chief Chukwuma Ekomaru, SAN to LPDC

The Nigerian Bar Association NBA SPIDEL has referred Chief Chukwuma Uchenna Ekomaru, SAN to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, LPDC over his involvement in ballot Snatching at the 2023 Imo State Governorship Election.

In a statement by the section on Thursday, SPIDEL noted that “Chief C. U. Ekomaru, SAN will be required to answer to the allegations of leading thugs and/or snatching ballot boxes”

Read the full release below 

Distinguished Colleagues.

NBA-SPIDEL pursuant to her mandate and mission statement resolved to refer Chief Chukwuma Uchenna Ekomaru, SAN to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee for conduct unbecoming of a legal practitioner in line with the provisions of the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners, 2023.

In furtherance of that resolution, SPIDEL filed petition number BB/LPDC/1284/2024 before the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee today the 11th of January, 2024.

Chief C. U. Ekomaru, SAN will be required to answer to the allegations of leading thugs and/or snatching ballot boxes during the last Imo State governorship election held on the 11th of November, 2023.

It would be recalled that Chief Chukwuma Uchenna Ekomaru, SAN, was captured in a video that went viral on social media late last year.

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Best regards,
Sadiya B. Saleh.
NBA-SPIDEL Publicity Secretary.