FULL LIST OF 38 NEW SAN
The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee has appointed 38 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria.
In a statement signed by the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Mrs Hadizatu Mustapha, the committee also listed the wife of a Supreme Court justice, Bode Rhodes-Vivour Adedoyin and renowed civil rights activist, Ebun-Olu Samuel Adegboruwa.
Three academics and three professors were also part of the elevation exercise.
The 38 lawyers were elevated by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee during its 138th session held during the new plenary session held on July 4.
Chief Registrar said, out of the 117 lawyers that applied for the rank this year, 80 were shortlisted, out of which the final 38 emerged.
She said the 38 new SANs include two females, three from the academics and 35 advocates.
The new Senior Advocates will be conferred with the honours at the resumption of the next legal year.
The names include Adedoyin Oyinkan Rhodes-Vivour, Abdullahi Haruna, Manga Mohammed Nurudeen, Adedayo Toba Apata, John Onuegbulam Asoluka, Adedokun Matthew Makinde, Daniel Chwukwudi Enwelum, Emmanuel Adeyeye Oyebanji, Tuduru Uchendu Ede, Abdul Olajide Ajana, Ama Vemaark Etuwewe, Oladipo Adekorede Olasope, Leslie Arthur Olutayo Nylander, Olusegun Oyediran Fowowe, Andrew Essien Hutton, Olukayode Abayomi Enitan, Paul Harris Adkole Ogbole, Olaniyi Maruph Olopade, Samuel Ngozi Agweh, Olusegun Omoniyi Jolaawo, Professor Alphonsus Okoh Alubo, Ayo Asala, Abiodun Adediran Olatunji, Olumide Andrew Aju,Chimezie Victor Chikwem Ihekweazu, Professor Mamman Lawan,
Others are Professor Uchefula Ugonna Chuwumaeze, Usman Ogwu Sule, Safiya Umar Babamasi, Echezona Chukwudi Etiaba, Godwin Osemeahon Omoaka, Emeka Onyemaechi Ozoani, Alexander Chukwudi Ejesieme, Jephthah Chikodi Njikonye, Aikhunigbe Anthony Malik, Alhassan Akeje Umar, Oyetola Muyiwa Atoyebi.