
The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has scheduled a date to hear a misconduct petition against a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and two others. The chairman of the committee rejected an application for withdrawal, citing that the committee's rules do not allow for the withdrawal of petitions once issues have been joined.
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