By Blessing 008.
The last has not been heard of the purported dismissal and tussle for the leadership of the General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God church Nigeria, with new revelations of Forgery, misrepresentation and falsification of the Supreme Court Decision in the case between Rev. Dr. Prof. Paul Emeka Vs Dr. Chidi okoroafor and 18 others, by Barr. Eleazar C. N. Igbokwe of Mastersons solicitors Port Harcourt.
Being in the know, and fully understanding the proceedings that took place in court when the appeal was Unanimuously dismissed, Barr. C N Igbokwe, flagrantly, violated the rules of law when he took up a page in the Guardian Newspaper of Friday, May 26, 2017, Pg. 19 and Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017 Pg. 41, to advertise, publish and erroneously give a purported judgement of a supreme court, upholding a judgement of a court of appeal, crediting the supreme court as; ‘upholding the validity of the meeting where Dr. Emeka was removed, the dismissal and ex communication of Dr Emeka as valid and the General Superintendents rights of the church as not his fundamental rights’, thereby, undermining the due process of law.
The statement of facts of the case is stated vividly in the Nigerian weekly Law Reports, NWLR, August, 2017, Part 1577 (410-423).
It is therefore an anomaly, a breach of trust, court processes and damage to Rev. Dr. Emeka’s image when a Barrister at Law, who is supposedly educated and learned to give an accurate representation and interpretation of the Law, court proceedings, summons and judgements/rulings, begins to misquote, misrepresent, falsify, doctor, forge and recreate in his own opinion, an alleged decision of a competent court of law- the highest court of the Land, THE SUPREME COURT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, and publish/advertise same on the pages of a national Newspaper for the whole world to read, thereby, maliciously misleading the entire populace.
Barrister C N Igbokwe, has flagrantly violated the rules of professional conduct FOR Legal Practitioners REF. – Rule 32 (1,& 3) F candid and fair dealing- ‘Rules For Professional Conduct for legal Practitioners, 2007’,-which states: ‘ In appearing in his professional capacity before a court of tribunal, a lawyer shall not deal with the court otherwise than candidly and fairly’, and also that a lawyer shall not ‘knowingly misquote the content of a paper, the testimony of a witness, the language of a decision or a textbook’.
Rev Dr Emeka, aggrieved, has through his attorney Mr feanyichukwu Okonkwo, filed a complaint for Felony and professional misconduct to the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, and the attorney general of the federation. He has also requested they call on him, to expatiate and or furnish them with further information during the investigation of this case of PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT AND BREACH OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT, LAWS OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.
We will keep you abreast with the outcome of the investigation and the response from the NBA.