WIRE — The Legal Practitioner and Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has turned down a request to dismiss a petition against Ikechukwu Ezechukwu (SAN), Barr. Smart Ukpanah and Barr. Hope Onyekwere, over alleged misconduct. In the petition before the LPDC, the lawyers were accused of professional misconduct, criminal misrepresentation, forgery and perjury. During the sitting of the committee, chaired
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