The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has upheld the conviction of Joseph Nwobike, a former Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
The appellate court dismissed Nwobike’s appeal after hearing the case on Thursday.
Nwobike had approached the appellate court to challenge the judgment of Justice Raliat Adebiyi, who convicted him to one-month imprisonment following 12 charges of bribery and corruption against him.
The lawyer was convicted last April for inducing court registrars to ensure that his cases were assigned to his preferred judges so he could obtain favourable judgments.
Following the conviction, Nwobike was stripped of his SAN rank by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee.
But delivering judgment, the Court of Appeal held that Nwobike’s appeal lacked merit and subsequently dismissed the case.
The appellate court affirmed the lawyer’s conviction on counts 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16 and 17.
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