*Says Ogbah Is Not Fit To Lead the NBA
*Accuses Ogbah Of Using The Police For Oppression And Cover Ups
*Ogbah Urges Friends And Public To Disregard The Petition
*Ogbah Expresses Confidence That ECNBA Will Dismiss The Petition
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An Abuja-based lawyer, Mr. Uche Amulu, has petitioned the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) seeking the disqualification of former NBA Ota Branch Chairman, Mr. Isaac Ogbah, from contesting for the post of Third Vice President.
Advancing reasons for such prayer in his petition dated 16th April, 2022 sighted by TheNigeriaLawyer, the petitioner accused Ogbah of “anti-Bar, in fact anti-lawyerly, activities as he is not fit to be part of us, let alone leading the Bar. Our Bar needs to be weaned of charlatans and there is no better time than now, if we intend to keep working with and maintaining the mantra of promoting the rule of law.”
Another allegation by the petitioner is that “Ogbah notoriously abuses the judicial process by a wanton mix of police oppression and running for cover using police prosecutorial powers as provided by law. He cannot be allowed to lead the Bar, as the damages he will cause with any little position are better imagined than felt.”
The petitioner added, “The leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association is exclusively reserved for persons with integrity, fit and proper in character and learning, lawyers with high records of good standing; and certainly not for those with questionable character, coveters of the properties of others, flouters of orders of court, police practitioners and abusers of the legal practice. Mr Isaac Ogbah fits in the latter description and has no place in the leadership of the Bar.
“As a Bar man of good repute, I owe a duty to the Nigerian Bar Association to bring to the fore cases as the instant where one who is not even qualified to still be one of us is bold enough to seek an elective position, especially now that there is the greatest need to wean the Nigerian Bar Association of ungodly elements and desperate jackals and hyenas posing as legal practitioners. We must protect this profession, being the only one we have.”
He also accused Ogbah of colluding with the police to hijack the his client’s 40 ft container containing super glues he imported from China and that in an apparent bid to cover up his heinous extra-legal cahoots with the police, Isaac Ogbah turns around to claim that the petitioner gave false information to the police and defamed his personality and instituted a civil matter against the petitioner in Suit No: Cv/3120/2022 before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, sitting in Gudu, Abuja.
“Isaac Ogbah proceeds to getting Eristo Asaph and Okoro Tochukwu Prosper, junior officers in the legal unit of the Inspector-General of Police office, Kafaru Tinubu House, Force Headquarters, Abuja, to prefer a baseless charge in Charge No: CR/wz2/09/2022 IGP v Uchenna Amulu & Ors against me alleging that I gave false information to the police criminally defamed him, while they have not investigated the kangaroo actions taken by senior police officers at the behest of Isaac Ogbah which was the basis for our petition. In court, he testified of his grouse with Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, which he is now vindictively visiting on me, falsely alleging that I work with the learned silk, whereas it is not so.” the Petitioner said
In reaction, Ogbah said he has not been served with the petition but nonetheless expressed confidence that the ECNBA will dismiss the petition because members of the Committee are men and women of impeccable integrity and character.
He therefore urged the general public and friends to disregard the petition. He added that he has briefed his lawyers to demand the retraction of the petition default of which he will have no other option than to seek redress in a court of law.
Below is the rejoinder by Ogbah, “Today, Saturday the 23rd day of April, 2022, my attention was drawn to a Petition written by the Law Firm of Greys & Acquisition Legal Practitioners and authored by one Mr. Uche Amulu, a legal practitioner wherein he alleged several defamatory things against my person and requested that I be disqualified by the ECNBA from contesting the position of the 3rd Vice President of the NBA.
“Unfortunately I was never copied nor have I been served a copy of the said Petition either by the Petitioner or by ECNBA.
“While I will take appropriate steps to respond to same officially and make copies of my response to ECNBA formally in the coming days, since the said libelous petition is now being circulated by the authors of the Petition and several Press Media outlets are reaching across to me so as to get my response, I am now constrained to respond as below so as to set the records straight
1. Sequel to the unlawful infringement of our Client’s registered Trademarks by some persons we were instructed to write a Formal Petition to the Police Authorities and who in their wisdom and acting under relevant powers conferred on them by law thought it fit to investigate same.
In the course of their investigative activities 2 suspects were arrested and incriminating products evidencing their criminal activities of infringing our clients’ registered trademark taken into custody by the investigation Police officers after the suspects had been granted bail.
2. Whereas the arrested suspects secured the services of reputable lawyers based in Lagos and Abuja to represent them, with one of such lawyers being a well known and renowned Senior Advocate of Nigeria 🇳🇬, attempts made by the suspects as well as their legal representatives to have the matter resolved out of court not yielding the desired results one Uche Amulu, also a lawyer, and who being very much seised of the facts of the case but who with intent to achieve whatever sinister motives of his, resorted to intentionally twist the facts of the case by writing a Petition to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) wherein he intentionally and falsely alleged that his clients, while traveling from Port Harcourt to Onitsha, were attacked by a group of about 7 armed robbers, who attacked and robbed them of their goods and personal effects as well stabbed and shot them with guns and also in the process kidnapped them until they were later released
3. They also alleged in their Petition that one of the phones alleged to have been stolen were tracked and found to be in our custody and as a result of the above said Petition the Inspector General of Police (IGP) directed that the IRT unit of the Police should carry out a discrete investigation of the said Petition, leading to my being arrested alongside one of my revered Client.
4. Upon the eventual investigative activities carried out by the various Police authorities that were involved in the whole process, below were the outcome of same, to wit:*
A. The IRT office concluded their investigation with the conclusion that none of the alleged offenses was ever committed by myself nor my clients as alleged by the Petitioners.
B. Consequently a formal Police Report issued in our favor clearly exonerating us of ever committing any offence known to law.
C. The office of the AIG Maritime also concluded their investigative activities and a formal legal advise issued to the effect that the suspects engaged in the unlawful infringement of my Client’s registered trademarks be prosecuted. They are presently standing trial before Court 6 of the Federal High Court sitting one Port Harcourt.
D. Also upon the conclusion of the investigative activities by the DIG’s office whether or not there was in fact any alleged offences of armed robbery, kidnapping, stealing and armed robbery as alleged by the same Uche Amulu of counsel, the Legal Advise was to the effect that Uche Amulu, Celestine Eze and His company be prosecuted for deliberately writing a false petition alleging the above named offences, when they knew was never committed.
“All the suspects involved, including the aforesaid Uche Amulu of Counsel are now standing trail before the FCT Magistrate court and for which I have given my evidence in chief and with the same Uche Amulu himself having personally commenced his Cross-Examination personally and the matter adjourned to 11th May, 2022 for continuation of hearing.
“It is also worthy of note that there is presently a civil suit of libel pending against Uche Amulu and 2 others and which comes up for trail on Tuesday, 26th April, 2022 regarding his libelous publications he had previously made against my person and that of my clients. Hence everyone can, in their own wisdom, judge and or make their own personal opinion as to why this petition has been written and the intent it is meant to serve.
“I therefore sincerely urge the general public, my friends and well wishers to disregard this libelous petition now written by the same Uche Amulu of counsel. I have no doubt that members of the ECNBA, who are men and women of impeccable integrity and character, upon reviewing the whole facts of the case will find nothing against me and would certainly clear and certify me as fit and proper to contest as one of the candidates for the post of 3rd Vice President of the NBA.
“Meanwhile I have briefed my solicitors to take appropriate legal steps to address the Petition in issue and make necessary demands from the law firm cum author of the petition and in the event of their unwillingness to retract and withdraw the libelous contents of the Petition now being published and circulating globally we will definitely seek legal redress from the law courts.”
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