Bayelsa: APC lawyers, Babalola, Olanipekun cry out over N60m fine by Supreme Court
harsh words directed at them by the Supreme Court during their appearance in the Bayelsa State governorship judgment review bid.
The legal representation involved David Lyon Pereworinmin and Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo as governor and deputy governor respectively wherein they requested apex court to set aside its judgment, voiding their victory in the election. While seeking NBA’s intervention, they argued that they did nothing unlawful and unprofessional to warrant the harsh words used on them and the unprecedented cost awarded against them for merely carrying out their professional responsibilities as lawyers.
“I repeat again, with every emphasis at my disposal and all sense of responsibility that I/we did no wrong, committed no error and did/do not deserve the harsh comments in the leading ruling of the Honourable Justice Amina Augie. “The action of the Court, aside from being unfair and totally unwarranted, is, if not urgently addressed, capable of sending a wrong signal to judges of courts, lower in hierarchy to the Supreme Court about how they can and should relate with lawyers, who appear before them to plead the case of their clients.
“Costs have never been imposed to intimidate counsel as is apparent in th cost orders made by the Supreme Court in this instance.
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