Nigeria, Oct. 2 -- The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Anti-Corruption Committee has expressed its readiness to cooperate with the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, in a probe of a property controversy in the United Kingdom involving senior lawyer Mike Ozekhome and other Nigerians.

The committee said the case raised several "improper critical issues that require investigations on the authenticity of the judgment that is widely in circulation."

It also called for scrutiny of the actions of legal practitioners on the role of the Supreme Court of Nigeria mentioned in the proceedings.

On 11 September, English property tribunal judge Ewan Paton blocked Mr Ozekhome, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria ...