Lawyer and social media influencer, Ifunanya Excel has reacted to petitions written against her by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) over her unclad posts on social media.
The female lawyer who was called to Bar in 2021, became an Internet sensation for posting nude images of herself smoking marijuana on various social media platforms.
According to the NBA, the petition was written following hordes of complaints against Ifunanya, accusing her of sharing pictures and videos of herself unclad and smoking marijuana on social media.
The NBA spokesperson, Akorede Lawal, in a statement on Saturday, August 19, 2023, said the decision was reached by the National Executive Committee of the NBA after its monthly meeting presided over by the president, Yakubu Maikyau.
Lawal said the legal body would pull out all the stops to ensure that all the bad eggs in the legal profession are weeded out.
The statement reads partly “The National Officers also deliberated at their earlier monthly meeting over the unbecoming conduct of some members of the legal profession.
“Following the resolutions of the National Officers, the NBA has filed petitions at the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee against Mr Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission and Ifunanya Excel Grant, a young lawyer of Aba Branch wildly known as “the baddest lawyer” on social media.
“While it is important to underscore the fact that none of the lawyers petitioned or being investigated is deemed guilty of professional misconduct until the LPDC hands down its decisions after a fair trial, the NBA President has emphasised the need for lawyers to continue to be of best conduct wherever they find themselves, and he reiterated that the present NBA leadership will not relent in ridding the profession of the very few bad eggs that may be found.”
However, Excel has shrugged off the petition filed against her at the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).
she said she would defeat the lawyers’ body like the biblical David did to Goliath in a post seen on her Instagram page.
In another post on Facebook, she indicated that she was not fazed by the petition.
Ifunaya wrote: “Before I can light up my Igbo (Indian hemp), do you have any advice for Me? Note: Tell those people wey dey fine (sic) me say I’m unavailable.”