The Trending Nigerian Lawyer and former Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association, Benin Branch, Douglas Ogbankwa Esq., has indicated that his resignation as the Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Law Society, also known as the Law Society of Nigeria, covers his Membership of the Law Society of Nigeria or the Nigerian Law Society.

Douglas Ogbankwa Esq., Who is also the head, Concerned of the Online Security Think Tank-Police and Lawyers’ Advocacy Group (PLAG) Stated this in a terse statement to BarristerNG in Abuja, on Sunday, the 30th of April, 2023.

“My Resignation as the Publicity Secretary of the Law Society of Nigeria or the Nigerian Law Society covers my Membership of same. I reiterate that I am currently for a United Bar, which is the bedrock of an egalitarian society and the fulcrum of a society that dwells on the Rule of Law.

“I also urge all Nigerians to disregard the misconceived Reports By City Lawyer, as I am the Only Lawyer in Nigeria, called to the Nigerian Bar with the Call No. 055406 and I did the requisite Affidavit Change of Name and Newspapers publication in 2008, which when they were made were the legally acceptable documents that regurgitates a name on the Roll into NBA Records.

“I have also been issued the NBA Stamp and Seal several times with the name Douglas Ogbankwa, just as I have paid the Bar Practising Fees and the Annual General Conference Fees of the NBA, where the name Douglas Ogbankwa , popped up automatically in the NBA Portal, which is the online repository of records of the NBA. My records also abound in the NBA Membership and NBA Services Department. The name: “Douglas” & “Onyebuchi” are on the Roll of Lawyers Called to the Nigerian Bar, same being connected to the change of my Old Surname, Aguguom to my current surname Ogbankwa. PROOF OF DOUGLAS OGBANKWA’S CALL TO BAR

“I remain the only Lawyer physically present at our call to bar ceremony, on the 8th of May, 2007, at the Nigerian Law School, Headquarters, in Bwari, Abuja on the 8th of May, 2007, that was effectively issued with the Call No 55406, after my call This reiteration has become apposite, due to the viral nature of the false reports spread by City Lawyers and their sponsors, but make no mistake about this, Whether the False Information Peddlers are brought to justice, or Justice is brought to the false information Peddlers, Justice will be done in this matter. The wheel of Justice grinds slowly, but surely,” the Statement by Douglas Ogbankwa Esq. Concluded .