{"id":66182,"date":"2023-08-24T21:22:22","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T21:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=66182"},"modified":"2023-08-24T21:22:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T21:22:22","slug":"leave-me-alone-lawyer-accused-of-smoking-hemp-tells-nba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=66182","title":{"rendered":"Leave me alone, lawyer accused of smoking hemp tells NBA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Ifunanya Excel Grant, the young lawyer accused by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) of unacceptable behaviour by posing almost nude and allegedly smoking indian hemp on social media has asked to be left alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">\u201cMy official statement to the NBA And Nigerians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">\u201cPlease I\u2019m not the one on Twitter I have never been in Twitter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">\u201cI have been silent for so long because I\u2019m not the type to talk too much but it\u2019s finally time I speak up &amp; clear my name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">\u201cDearest @Nigerianbar I don\u2019t bother anyone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">\u201cI\u2019m a model, actress and musician and all I do is live, mind my business and chase my dreams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">\u201cPlease, kindly leave me alone ???????? Thanks,\u201d Grant said on social media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">NBA dragged Ms. Grant before the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee by the NBA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Grant said she is not a practicing lawyer, never appeared on Twitter and remains a model and actress as a means of earning her living.<\/span><!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_230824_221753_315.sdocx--><!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_230824_222703_675.sdocx--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Recall that the Aba branch of he NBA has denied claims that controversial Nigerian lawyer and social media influencer Ifunanya Excel Grant, known online as \u201cBaddest Lawyer,\u201d is one of its members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">\u201cFor the records, we wish to state categorically that Miss Ifunanya Excel Grant is not a member of the NBA, Aba Branch, and she is unknown to NBA, Aba Branch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">\u201cWhile we support every effort of our great association, the NBA, to rid the legal profession of the few bad eggs, we must request that painstaking efforts be taken by officers concerned to ensure that innocent and law-abiding practitioners are not unwittingly held out in bad light to the public,\u201d the statement said.<\/span><!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_230824_222703_675.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ifunanya Excel Grant, the young lawyer accused by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) of unacceptable behaviour by posing almost nude and allegedly smoking indian hemp on social media has asked to be left alone. \u201cMy official statement to the NBA And Nigerians. \u201cPlease I\u2019m not the one on Twitter I have never been in Twitter. 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