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FULL LIST: 72 lawyers appointed senior advocates of Nigeria
The executive secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Anthony Ojukwu has been named a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
Ojukwu is one of 72 lawyers named by the legal practitioners privilege committee (LPPC) at its 149th plenary session on Thursday.
A total of 130 lawyers were shortlisted for the rank in September — including 95 advocate applicants and 35 academic applicants. Of the 130 candidates shortlisted, 72 were successful, while 58 did not make the cut.
Other notable persons that were elevated to SAN are Ikeazor Akaraiwe, former vice-president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), as well as Emeka Obegolu, former NBA general secretary.
The LPPC, in a statement on Thursday, said the swearing-in ceremony of the 72 legal practitioners by the chief justice of Nigeria (CJN)is scheduled for December 8, 2021 at the supreme court premises in Abuja.
The LPPC also reminded the public that it had set up a sub-committee to review the 2018 guidelines for the award of the rank, effective from the 2023 application year.
The new appointees are:
- 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
ACADEMIC APPOINTEES
- 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
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) is a title that may be conferred on legal practitioners in Nigeria of not less than ten years’ standing and who have distinguished themselves in the legal profession.
It is the equivalent of the rank of Queen’s Counsel in the United Kingdom, from which Nigeria became independent in 1960 (Republic 1963), as well as in South Australia, the Northern Territory, and Canada (except Ontario and Quebec).
