AKINLOLU Oluyinka Osinbajo, a former Ogun State Attorney General and younger brother to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo; Festus Egwarewa Keyamo, a human rights activist; Chiezonu Igbojamuike Okpoko, a senior official of the Federal Ministry of Justice and Olusola Alex Oke, a governorship candidate, Ondo State, under the platform of the Alliance for Democracy, AD, were among 30 lawyers conferred with the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, on Thursday, July 6.

The conferring authority, the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee, LPPC, took the decision at its 127th General Meeting in Abuja, on Thursday, July 6.

Hadizatu Uwani Mustapha, chief registrar of the Supreme Court and Secretary to the LPPC, announced this at a news conference in Abuja. She said the 30 SANs would be conferred with the rank at a ceremony slated for September 18, this year.

This year’s 30 raises the number lawyer so far awarded the rank since 1975 to 481.

Other lawyers on the list are: Kamorudeen Adeyemi Ajibade, Kwara State Attorney General; Adedeji Olusegun Adekunle, director general of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, NIALS; and John Olusegun Odubela, a former Ogun State commissioner for Education Science.

Also named are: Oluwatoyin Ajoke Bashorun (the only female on the list and from Lagos), Chibuike Adindu Nwokeukwu, Johnnie Nnaemeka Egwuonwu, Bert Chukwuneta Igwilo, Sylvester Emenike Elema, Wilcox Achace Abereton, Francis Forum Egele, Enefiok Effiong Essien,  Saiq S. Shikyl, Adebambo Anthony Adewopo and Nasser Abdu Dangiri.

The rest are: Emeka Peter Okpoko, Sani Hussani Garun-Gabbas, Abdul Atadoga Ibrahim, Gboyega Sanni Oyewole, Joshua Yusuf Musa, Ibrahim Sani Mohammed, Ekemejero Ohwovoriole, Oyetola Oshobi, Sulaiman Usman and Kehinde Olamide Ogunwumijo.

The LLPC Secretary said 156 lawyers, including four females, applied this year, from among which 77 were short-listed and 30 eventually successful.

—  Jul 17, 2017 @ 01:00 GMT