Emeka
Ugwuonye, a lawyer who used to be based in Maryland, United States, and founder
of The Due Process Advocates (DPA) Group on Facebook,faces possible
disciplinary action by the Nigerian Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee
(NLPDC).
The
committee, which oversees the disciplining of Nigerian lawyers, has scheduled a
hearing for Wednesday, October 26th, 2016 for the adoption of written
addresses.
It
was gathered that Mr. Ugwuonye’s name was listed in a newspaper advertorial
signed by Ms. H.A. Turaki, the committee’s secretary. The advert, published in
Punch newspaper, is attached to this report.
In
addition to his latest troubles in Nigeria, Mr. Ugwuonye is also likely to face
disciplinary proceedings by the Washington, DC Bar. SaharaReporters learned
that the DC Bar is on the cusp of commencing a trial of Mr. Ugwuonye over long
standing allegations against him related to funds he obtained from the Nigerian
Embassy in the US. This website broke the news that Mr. Ugwuonye had illegally
pocketed more than $1.5 million he collected from the US government on behalf
of the Nigerian Embassy.
Further
investigations revealed that disciplinary authorities in the D.C Bar had
corresponded with Mr. Ugwuonye about scheduling an investigation of his actions
when he handled legal aspects of the sale of real estate once owned by Nigeria.
Source:Saharareporters
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