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.

The SAN rank is awarded as a mark of excellence to members of the legal profession who have distinguished themselves as advocates and academics.

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

1. Adeniyi Anthony Ademuyiwa
2. Umeh Philip Ndubuisi Evaristus
3. Ovrawah Ogaga
4. Afuba Peter Aguigom
5. Ajose-Adeogun Olaotan Olusegun
6. West-Idahosa Ehiogie
7. Awa Uche Sunday
8. Mekwunye Charles Dumbiri
9. Oladoja Tajudeen Olaseni
10. Akaraiwe Ikeazor Ajovi
11. Omotosho Francis
12. Onuzulike Felix Anayo
13. Oru Marcelluous Eguvwe
14. Ihua-Maduenyi Charles Udoka
15. Agbola Adeleke Olaniyi
16. Uzuegbu Benjamin Chukwudi
17. Akinola James Akingbola
18. Ihediwa Uchenna Chinyere
19. Adeluola Olukayode Oluwole
20. Olotu Bolarinwa
21. Hassan Usman El-Yakub
22. Olorunfemi Ayo Abraham
23. Atabo Reuben Okpanachi
24. Fapohunda Adekola Olawale
25. Okoli Ikenna
26. Mordi Mark Okeibunor
27. Seriki Sheriff Rotimi
28. Opara Victor Ugwuezumba
29. Ndayako Mohammed
30. Ojo Adekunle Akanbi
31. Adele John Ogwu
32. Wodu Kemasuode
33. Ayinla Salman Jawondo
34. Obiora Edwin Sunday Chukwujekwu
35. Abdulhamid Mohammed
36. Atung Samuel
37. Itula Fredricks Ebos
38. Anuga George Audu
39. Mustapha Dauda Adekola
40. Idris Ibrahim Agbomere
41. Gbadamosi Kazeem Adekunle
42. Aliyu Kabir
43. Nworka Chidi Benjamin
44. Abdul-Rasheed Muritala Oladimeji
45. Kotoye Adeyinka Moyosore
46. Obegolu Emeka Jude-Phillipe
47. Aruwa Shaibu Enejoh
48. Somiari Sammie Abiye
49. Onwuenwunor Clement
50. Omotunde Adeola Rasaq
51. Mogboh Anthony Obinna
52. Emeka Chijuoke Ogugua Precious
53. Lough Simon Asamber
54. Adedipe Ayodeji
55. Kuti Afolabi Fatai
56. Fatogun Eyitayo Ayokunle
57. Eko Ejembi Eko
58. Usman Jacob Johnson
59. Sani Abdulaziz Mohammed
60. Burkaa Matthew Gwar
61. Hussaini Ishaq Magaji
62. Ogungbade Oluwasina Olarenwaju

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ACADEMICS

1. Oyewo Ajagbe Toriola
2. Omorogbe Oluyinka Osayame
3. Ojukwu Anthony Okechukwu
4. Ijaodola Rasheed Jimoh
5. Sodipo Bankole Adekunle
6. Wigwe Christian Chizindu
7. Agbonika Josephine Aladi Achor
8. Sanni Abiola Olaitan
9. Omoregie Edoba Bright
10. 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.

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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.

Source: Legit.ng