The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has suspended Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Joe-Kyari Gadzama from practising law for three years. The committee also suspended another lawyer, Ocha Ulegede, from legal practice for two years over the same matter. According to the LPDC, both lawyers breached parts of the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners, 2023. After the incident, victims and survivors filed a lawsuit against the Federal Government at the Federal High Court in Enugu. The senior lawyer also disclosed that he has directed his legal team to file an appeal against the decision.