The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has elevated 38 lawyers to the rank of Senior Advicate of Nigeria (SAN).
Chief Registrar of Supreme Court and Legal Practitioners’ Committee, Hadizatu Mustapha, announced the list at a press conference in Abuja on Friday.
She said a total of 38 lawyers was elevated by the LPPC at the committee’s 138th plenary session held on Thursday.
The new SANs were selected from 117 applicants for the rank. They are to be sworn in at the ceremony marking the upcoming new 2019/2020 legal year of the apex court which will hold in September.
Last month, 80 lawyers were shortlisted out of the initial 117 lawyers, after scaling the first and second pre-qualification exercise.
SEE: The list of the 80 lawyers initially shortlisted amd those who didn’t make it
Mrs Adedoyin Rhodes-Vivour, the wife of a Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour and popular Lagos lawyer, Mr. Ebun Adegboruwa, are among the new SANs.
See the full list below:
- Mrs Adedoyin Rhodes-Vivour
- Mr. Ebun Adegboruwa
- Abdullahi Haruna
- Manga Nuruddeen
- John Asoluka
- Adedokun Makinde
- Daniel Enwelum
- Emmanuel Oyebanji
- Tuduru Ede
- Abdul Ajana
- Ama Etuwewe
- Oladipo Olasope
- Leslie Olutayo Nylander
- Olusegun Fowowe
- Andrew Hutton
- Olukayode Enitan
- Paul Ogbole
- Olaniyi Olopade
- Samuel Agweh
- Olusegun Jolaawo
- Prof. Alphonsus Alubo
- Ayo Asala
- Abiodun Olatunji
- Olumide Aju
- Chimezie Ihekweazu
- Prof. Mamman Lawan
- Prof. Uchefula Chukwumaeze
- Usman Sule
- Safiya Badamasi
- Echezona Etiaba
- Godwin Omoaka
- Emeka Ozoani
- Alexander Ejesieme
- Jephthah Njikonye
- Aikhunegbe Malik
- Alhassan Umar
- Oyetola Muyiwa
- Adedayo Apata
Only two females made the list. Besides, only four were among the 117 applicants.
Of the 38 successful candidates, three of them are of the academics category while the rest of them are of advocacy.
According to Mustapha, “the rank (SAN), is awarded as a mark of excellence to members of the legal profession who have distinguished themselves as advocates and academics.
