Police commissioner Fayoade must ensure bail is free in Lagos: NBA
The chairman of the Lagos branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olabisi Makanjuola, has called on lawyers to report any demands for money for bail at police stations.
Mr Makanjuola said on Tuesday in Lagos that bail remains free by the provisions of the 1999 Constitution. He said the branch would do everything lawful to ensure bail remains free in Lagos.
He spoke on maintaining ethical and professional standards in the legal profession.
Mr Makanjuola said the association would ensure that demands for money for bail at police stations in Lagos stop.
“Our colleagues that go to the police formations always come back to lament that, oftentimes, money is paid to secure bail of suspects. The point we are making is that it must stop, even if that is one thing we begin to get right.
“A clarion call to everybody out there is that where any officer demands money for bail, please reach out to us, and we will draw the attention of the commissioner of police (Adegoke Fayoade).
“He must live up to his promise. Bail is free, and bail must continue to be free,” said Mr Makanjuola.
Mr Makanjuola also said the branch was determined to clamp down on fake lawyers.
“In the next couple of weeks and months, the Lagos branch intends to begin to clamp down on persons who parade themselves as lawyers. If any lawyer conducts himself in any manner that is improper, we ask members of the public to bring such a person to our attention. We have an ethics committee,” he said.
Mr Makanjuola added that the branch was committed to providing training for lawyers to expose them to other aspects of legal practice apart from litigation.
He expressed confidence that the training would equip lawyers more and reduce “ambulance chasing” and unethical conduct by some lawyers.
(NAN)
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