Nigeria, Nov. 15 -- The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) of double standards over its decision to petition a disciplinary panel against lawyer Kalu Kalu for making disparaging remarks about Federal High Court judge Peter Lifu.

The opposition party questioned why the association had moved against Mr Kalu when the Court of Appeal had previously rebuked the judge over his handling of a separate case involving the deregistration of political parties.

In a statement on Saturday, the ADC's National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, warned the NBA against allowing itself to be drawn into what the party described as a political campaign against the opposition.

"The NBA is not a political par...