The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee has absolved a former Attorney General of Abia State, Chief Uche Ihediwa, of any misconduct and reinstated him to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria.

Ihediwa, who served as Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice under Governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s administration from 2015 to 2023, was suspended from using the SAN rank on July 1, 2024, pending investigations into allegations against him.

The allegations were brought by a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Yakubu Maikyau (SAN).

In a petition addressed to the then Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman of the LPPC, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, Maikyau accused Ihediwa of making inappropriate remarks at the 2023 International Bar Association Conference in Paris.

It was alleged that Ihediwa claimed there was corruption in the appointment of judges in Abia State during his tenure as Attorney General.

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