Nigeria, March 12 -- The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has dismissed a petition filed against the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, Benjamin Kalu, over alleged false declarations and contravention of the NYSC Act.

It ruled that the petition failed to establish any prima facie case against the lawmaker.

In a decision delivered on Wednesday, the disciplinary body held that the allegations were outside its jurisdiction and therefore could not form the basis for disciplinary proceedings against the deputy speaker.

The ruling, contained in a Certified True Copy referenced BB/LPDC/1954/2026 and signed by Umeh Kalu, a senior member of the LPDC panel, effectively ended the matter without requiring M...