The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) under the chairmanship of His Lordship, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria has approved the elevation of 62 legal practitioners to the Inner Bar.
Hajo Bello, the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court and Secretary to LPPC disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.
Gfhnews reports that the rank of a 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 new appointees for the year 2022 exercise are in order of seniority at the bar
1. MOHAMMED ABDULLAHI ABUBAKAR,
2. JOHNSON TARIGHO OMOPHE UGBODUMA
3. LAWRENCE SUNDAY OKO-JAJA
4. CHRISTOPHER AGBOMEIRHE SUNDAY OSHOMEGIE
5. SANUSI OLUGBENGA SAI’D
6. WAHAB KUNLE SHITTU
7. EMMANUEL IDEMUDIA OBOH,
8. DIRI SAID MOHAMMED
9. OLADIPO AKANMU TOLANI
10. AYODEJI OYEWOLE OMOTOSO
11. CHIJIOKE OGBONNA ERONDU
12. AJOKU KINGSLEY OBINNA
13. YAKUBU MAIKASUWA
14. HENRY ESHIJONAM OMU
15. DAGOGO ISRAEL IBOROMA
16. JOSEPH ADEMU AKUBO
17. GOZIE BERTRAND OBI
18. INAM AKPADIAGHA WILSON
19. ABUBAKAR BATURE SULU-GAMBARI
20. ABIOYE ARAOYE OLOYEDE ASANIKE21. SYLVANUS TAHIRU
22. BOLARINWA ELIJAH AIDI
23. TONYE TOMBERE JENEWARI KRUKRUBO
24. ADEREMI MOSHOOD BASHUA
25. KOLAPO OLUGBENGA KOLADE
26. SAMUEL PETER KARGBO
27. IFEANYICHUKWU SYLVESTER OBIAKOR
28. OLASOJI OLAIYA OLOWOLAFE
29. MUTALUBI OJO ADEBAYO
30. VICTOR ODAFE OGUDE
31. SULAYMAN OLAWALE IBRAHIM
32. MUMINI ISHOLA HANAFI
33. TANKO TANKO ASHANG
34. DAMIAN OHAKWE OKORO
35. ANDREW MWAJIM MALGWI
36. ETUKWU ONAH
37. ADEBORO LATEEF ADAMSON
38. BANKOLE JOEL AKOMOLAFE
39. KELECHI CHINEDUM OBI
40. ANDREW OSEMEDUA ODUM
41. OKORO OKECHUKWU EDWIN
42. GODSON CHUKWUDI UGOCHUKWU
43. STEVEN ONYECHI ONONYE
44. IKANI KANU AGABI
45. MUSTAPHA SHABA IBRAHIM
46. MUIZUDEEN YUNUS ABDULLAHI
47. MAGAJI MATO IBRAHIM
48. SUNUSI MUSA
49. OLADOYIN OLUSEYI AWOYALE
50. ROTIMI ISEOLUWA OYEDEPO
51. CHUKWUDUBEM BONAVENTURE ANYIGBO
52. LUKMAN OYEBANJI FAGBEMI
53. MICHAEL JONATHAN NUMA
Academic appointees in order of seniority at the bar are:
PROF. KATHLEEN EBELECHUKWU OKAFOR
PROF. MUHAMMED TAOFEEQ ABDULRAZAQ
PROF. AMOKAYE OLUDAYO GABRIEL
PROF. ISMAIL ADENIYI OLATUNBOSUN
PROF. ABDULLAHI SHEHU ZURU
PROF. JOY NGOZI EZEILO
ASS/PROF. THEODORE BALA MAIYAKI
PROF. OLAIDE ABASS GBADAMOSI
ASS/PROF. CHIMEZIE KINGSLEY OKORIE
The meeting further approved a new Guidelines for the conferment of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria and all matters pertaining to the rank to guide future exercises.
