Nigeria, Aug. 1 -- The full details of the decision of the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) suspending Joe-Kyari Gadzama, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), from legal practice for three years have emerged.

The committee suspended Mr Gadzama after finding him guilty of professional misconduct in the long-running dispute over compensation for victims of the 2001 Zaki-Biam military operation in Benue State.

It also suspended another lawyer, Ocha Ulegede, for two years over professional misconduct arising from the same dispute.

But the findings against Mr Gadzama were more severe than previously reported by PREMIUM TIMES and other news outlets.

In its 70-page direction dated 29 July, the committee found that Mr Gadzama ...