Full List of 72 Prominent Lawyers Elevated to SAN Emerges
The number of Nigerian lawyers with the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) rank has significantly increased as the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) elevates 72 new legal practitioners to the prestigious position.
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The SAN rank is awarded as a mark of excellence to members of the legal profession who have distinguished themselves as advocates and academics.
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The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad, is expected to swear in the new senior advocates during an inauguration ceremony to be held on Wednesday, December 8 at the Supreme Court premises in Abuja, Channels TV reported.
Below is a full list of those to be conferred with the honour, as filed by The Cable:
ADVOCATES
- Adeniyi Anthony Ademuyiwa
- Umeh Philip Ndubuisi Evaristus
- Ovrawah Ogaga
- Afuba Peter Aguigom
- Ajose-Adeogun Olaotan Olusegun
- West-Idahosa Ehiogie
- Awa Uche Sunday
- Mekwunye Charles Dumbiri
- Oladoja Tajudeen Olaseni
- Akaraiwe Ikeazor Ajovi
- Omotosho Francis
- Onuzulike Felix Anayo
- Oru Marcelluous Eguvwe
- Ihua-Maduenyi Charles Udoka
- Agbola Adeleke Olaniyi
- Uzuegbu Benjamin Chukwudi
- Akinola James Akingbola
- Ihediwa Uchenna Chinyere
- Adeluola Olukayode Oluwole
- Olotu Bolarinwa
- Hassan Usman El-Yakub
- Olorunfemi Ayo Abraham
- Atabo Reuben Okpanachi
- Fapohunda Adekola Olawale
- Okoli Ikenna
- Mordi Mark Okeibunor
- Seriki Sheriff Rotimi
- Opara Victor Ugwuezumba
- Ndayako Mohammed
- Ojo Adekunle Akanbi
- Adele John Ogwu
- Wodu Kemasuode
- Ayinla Salman Jawondo
- Obiora Edwin Sunday Chukwujekwu
- Abdulhamid Mohammed
- Atung Samuel
- Itula Fredricks Ebos
- Anuga George Audu
- Mustapha Dauda Adekola
- Idris Ibrahim Agbomere
- Gbadamosi Kazeem Adekunle
- Aliyu Kabir
- Nworka Chidi Benjamin
- Abdul-Rasheed Muritala Oladimeji
- Kotoye Adeyinka Moyosore
- Obegolu Emeka Jude-Phillipe
- Aruwa Shaibu Enejoh
- Somiari Sammie Abiye
- Onwuenwunor Clement
- Omotunde Adeola Rasaq
- Mogboh Anthony Obinna
- Emeka Chijuoke Ogugua Precious
- Lough Simon Asamber
- Adedipe Ayodeji
- Kuti Afolabi Fatai
- Fatogun Eyitayo Ayokunle
- Eko Ejembi Eko
- Usman Jacob Johnson
- Sani Abdulaziz Mohammed
- Burkaa Matthew Gwar
- Hussaini Ishaq Magaji
- Ogungbade Oluwasina Olarenwaju
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ACADEMICS
- Oyewo Ajagbe Toriola
- Omorogbe Oluyinka Osayame
- Ojukwu Anthony Okechukwu
- Ijaodola Rasheed Jimoh
- Sodipo Bankole Adekunle
- Wigwe Christian Chizindu
- Agbonika Josephine Aladi Achor
- Sanni Abiola Olaitan
- Omoregie Edoba Bright
- Abdullahi Ibrahim
NHRC boss among 72 lawyers named SAN
Meanwhile, Anthony Ojukwu, the executive secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), is among the newly elevated SANs.
Legit.ng gathers that Ojukwu and 71 other lawyers were elevated to the SAN rank by the LPPC at its 149th plenary session on Thursday, October 21.
A total of 130 lawyers were shortlisted for the rank in September. Of the 130 candidates shortlisted, 72 were successful, while 58 did not make the cut.
Nigerian man becomes a lawyer in America, many celebrate him
In other news, a young Nigerian man identified as Chudi Ofili has joined the enviable league of the nation's citizens who are making great waves abroad.
On Thursday, December 10, 2020, the man announced he had just become a lawyer in New York, the United States as he shared the virtual oath he took.
Ofili said that he is happy and grateful for the opportunity of being called to bar in America. The two photos he shared showed a laptop connecting him to judges admitting the oath. The man said that for other Nigerians who want the same, they could also write the New York bar exams and be on their path to be licensed.
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