The president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has come out boldly to criticize the purported amendment on the RPC by the General council of the Bar, which was done to be in comformity with the Legal Practioners Act, as was stated by the chairman of the General Counil of the Bar.
The NBA President has called on lawyers to maintain status quo on the position of the RPC ,and urged everyone to continue with their normal businesses and disregard the said amendment, stating that no notice was sent to NBA before the said amendment by the general council of the Bar. According to the NBA President, Mr OLUMIDE AkPATA, base on the message we got from his Facebook page, the recently Inaugurated president of NBA has this to say; I have seen and read Statutory Instrument No. 15 of 2020 (the “Instrument”), making the rounds on social media and which purports to amend certain provisions of the 2007 Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners (RPC). Since the Instrument was released, I have received numerous calls and messages from lawyers across the country seeking clarification and guidance on the purport of the Instrument. By virtue of the Instrument, the following provisions of the RPC are to be deemed deleted: a) Rule 9(2), which relates to defaul