According to a press release from the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC), about 72 legal practitioners in Nigeria will be sworn in as Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) on December 8.
The LPPC has constitutional authority to bestow such titles.
The affected persons, according to Hajo Sarki Bello, Esq, Acting Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court/Secretary, Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee, “stood out in their legal profession” and will be coronated by Nigeria’s Chief Justice, Tanko Muhammad.
Ten of them are educators.
“The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) at its 149 plenary session held today October 21, 2021, has elevated seventy-Two legal practitioners to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria. The rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) is awarded as a mark of excellence to members of the legal profession who have distinguished themselves as advocates and academics.
“The swearing -in ceremony of the Seventy-Two Legal Practitioners by the Honourable Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN)is scheduled for 8 December, 2021 at the Supreme Court Premises, Abuja, the statement partly read.
Furthermore, the statement added that “In the meantime, the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges committee wishes to notify the general public that, it has set up a sub committee to review the 2018 Guidelines for the award of the rank effective from the 2023 application year.”
The exercise for prospective applicants for 2022 will be announced in January 2022, according to the document.
The new appointees are:
A-ADVOCATE APPOINTEES
- ADENTYI, ANTHONY ADEMUYIWA, ESQ
- UMEH, PHILIP NDUBUIS] EVARISTUS, ESQ
- OVRAWAH, OGAGA, ESQ
4, AFUBA, PETER AGUIGOM, ESQ
- AJOSE-ADEOGUN, OLAOTAN OLUSEGUN, ESQ
- WEST-IDAHOSA, EHIOGIE, ESQ
- AWA, UCHE SUNDAY, ESQ
- MEK WUNYE, CHARLES DUMBIRI, ESQ
- OLADOJA, TAUDEEN OLASENI, ESQ
- AKARAIWE, IKEAZOR AJOVI, ESQ
- OMOTOSHO, FRANCIS, ESQ
- ONUZULIKE, FELIXANA YO, ESQ
- ORU, MARCELLUOUS EGUVWE, ESQ
- IHUA-MADUENYI, CHHARLES UDOKA, ESO
- AGBOLA, ADELEKE OLANIY1, ESQ
- UZUEGBU, BENJAMIN CHUKWUDI, ESQ
- AKINOLA, JAMES AKINGBOLA, ESQ
- IHEDIWA, UCHENNA CHINYERE, ESQ
- ADELUOLA, OLUKAYODE OLUWOLE, ESQ
- OLOTU, BOLARINWA, ES
- HASSAN, USMAN EL-YAKUB, ESQ
- OLORUNFEMI, AYO ABRAHAM, ESQ
- ATABO REUBEN OKPANACHI, ESQ
- FAPOHUNDA, ADEKOLA OLAWALE, ESQ
- OKOLI, IKENNA, ESQ
- MORDI, MARK OKEIBUNOR, ESQ
- SERIKI, SHERIFF ROTIMI, ESQ
- OPARA, VICTOR UGWUEZUMBA, ESQ
- NDAYAKO, MOIAMMED, ESQ
- OJO, ADEKUNLE AKANBI ESQ
- ADELE, JOHN OGWU, ESQ
- WODU, KEMASUODE, ESQ
- AYINLA, SALMAN JAWONDO, ESQ
- OBIORAH, EDWIN SUNDAY CHUKWUJEKWU, ESQ
- ABDULHAMID, MOHAMMED, ESQ
- ATUNG, SAMUEL, ESQ
- ITULA, FREDRICKS EBOS, ESQ
- ANUGA, GEORGE AUDU, 1:SO
- MUSTAPHA, DAUDA ADEKOLA, ESQ
- IDRIS, IBRAHIM AGBOMERE, ESQ
- GBADAMOSI, KAZEEM ADEKUNLE, ESQ
- ALIYU, KABIR, ESQ
- NWORKA, CHID BENJAMN, ESQ
- ABDUL-RASHEED, MURITALA OLADIMEJI, ESQ
- KOTOYE, ADEYINKA MOYOSORE, ESQ
- OBEGOLU, EMEKA JUDE-PHILLIPE, ESQ
- ARUWA. SHAIBU ENEJOL, ESQ
- SOMIARI, SAMMIE ABIYE, ESQ
- ONWUENWUNOR, CLEMENT. ESQ
- OMOTUNDE, ADEOLA RASAQ, ESQ
- MOGBOH, ANTHONY OBINNA, ESQ
- EMEKA, CHIIIOKE OGUGUA PRECIOUS, ESQ
- OGUNGBADE, OLUWASINA OLANREWAJU, ESQ
- LOUGH, SIMON ASAMBER, ESQ
- ADEDIPE AYODEJI, ESQ
- KUTI, AFOLABI FATAI, ESQ
- FATOGUN, EYITAYOAYOKUNLE, ESQ
- EKO, EJEMBI EKO, ESQ
- USMAN, JACOB JOHNSON, ESQ
- SANI, ABDULAZIZ MOHAMMED, ESQ
- BURKAA, MATTHEW GWAR, ESQ
- HUSSAINI, ISHAQ MAGAJI, ESQ
ACADEMIC APPOINTEES - PROF. OYEWO AJAGBE TORIOLA
- PROF. OMOROGBE OLUYINKA OSAYAME
- DR. OJUKWU ANTHONY OKECHUKWU
- PROF. IJAODOLA RASHEED JIMOH
- PROF. SODIPO BANKOLE ADEKUNLE AKINTOYE
- DR. WIGWE CHRISTIAN CHIZINDU
- DR. AGBONIKA JOSEPHINE ALADI ACHOR
- PROF. SANNI ABIOLA OLAITAN
- PROF OMOREGIE EDOBA BRIGHT
- PROF. ADBULLAHI IBRAHIM
