NBA probes female lawyer who dresses erotic, glamourises marijuana on social media
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The Nigerian Bar Association—NBA, has commenced investigation into the activities of one of its member, Ifunanya Excel Grant who is popularly known on social media for dressing erotically and glamourising marijuana.
The decision to probe Ifunanya according to a statement made by the spokesman of NBA, Mr Akorede Habeeb Lawal, was reached after a meeting of the National Executive Committee of the association presided over by its President, Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau and attended by all national officers.
Habeeb said an adhoc committee was set up to probe the activities of Miss Ifunanya Excel Grant and also, allegations of sexual harassment against the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Prof. Cyril Ndifon including the suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner, Yunusa-Ari over his infamous role in declaring the result of the supplementary 2023 governorship election in Adamawa State as votes were still being counted.
The investigative committee which NewsBand earlier reported has NBA 1st Vice President, Linda Rose Bala, Assistant General Secretary, Daniel Kip, Chairperson of NBA Women’s Forum and the Chairman of the NBA Calabar Branch.
Part of the statement reads, “The NBA NEC subsequently empanelled an ad-hoc committee comprising the 1st Vice President of the NBA, Mrs Linda Rose Bala, the Assistant General Secretary of the NBA, Mr Daniel Kip, Chairperson of NBA Women’s Forum and the Chairman of the NBA Calabar Branch, to investigate the allegations against the university lecturer.
“In a similar vein, the national officers also deliberated at their earlier monthly meeting over the unbecoming conduct of some members of the legal profession. Following the resolutions of the national officers, the NBA has filed petitions at the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee against Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission and Ifunanya Excel Grant, a young lawyer of Aba Branch widely known as “the Baddest lawyer” on social media.
“Yunusa-Ari was petitioned over his role in illegally declaring the result of the supplementary 2023 gubernatorial election in Adamawa State while votes were still being counted. While the complaints against Miss Ifunanya centred on her social media notoriety of posting pictures and videos of herself unclad and smoking marijuana.
“While it is important to underscore the fact that none of the lawyers petitioned or being investigated is deemed guilty of professional misconduct until the LPDC hands down its decisions after fair trial, the NBA President has emphasised the need for lawyers to continue to be of best conduct wherever they find themselves, and he reiterated that the present NBA leadership will not relent in ridding the profession of the very few bad eggs that may be found.”
