FULL LIST: 38 out of 117 lawyers elevated to Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN)

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:

1. Mrs Adedoyin Rhodes-Vivour
2. Mr. Ebun Adegboruwa
3. Abdullahi Haruna
4. Manga Nuruddeen
5. John Asoluka
6. Adedokun Makinde
7. Daniel Enwelum
8. Emmanuel Oyebanji
9. Tuduru Ede
10. Abdul Ajana
11. Ama Etuwewe
12. Oladipo Olasope
13. Leslie Olutayo Nylander
14. Olusegun Fowowe
15. Andrew Hutton
16. Olukayode Enitan
17. Paul Ogbole
18. Olaniyi Olopade
19. Samuel Agweh
20. Olusegun Jolaawo
21. Prof. Alphonsus Alubo
22. Ayo Asala
23. Abiodun Olatunji
24. Olumide Aju
25. Chimezie Ihekweazu
26. Prof. Mamman Lawan
27. Prof. Uchefula Chukwumaeze
28. Usman Sule
29. Safiya Badamasi
30. Echezona Etiaba
31. Godwin Omoaka
32. Emeka Ozoani
33. Alexander Ejesieme
34. Jephthah Njikonye
35. Aikhunegbe Malik
36. Alhassan Umar
37. Oyetola Muyiwa
38. 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.