whether litigant can appear as legal practitioner for himself and co- litigant

A litigant who is a legal practitioner conducts his case as a litigant,not as a legal practitioner representing himself,, the litigant. Thus,a person cannot appeal both as a person, and as a counsel for himself. There cannot be a mixture of the two characters. Hence a litigant who is a legal practitioner cannot represent a co-defendant, because he is also not appearing as a legal practitioner, but as a litigant. On the other hand, a litigant who is a legal practitioner has the right like any other litigant to engage the services of a legal practitioner to represent him. Fawehinmi v. NBA (No . 1 ) ( 1987 ) 2NWLR (Pt.105)494