17 Lawyers Conferred With SAN Awards

Seventeen distinguished Nigerian legal
practitioners were Friday conferred with
the title of Senior Advocate of Nigeria
(SAN) by the Legal Practitioners’
Privileges Committee (LPPC).
Mr Sunday Olorundahunsi, the LPPC
Secretary and Chief Registrar of the
Supreme Court, announced this while
briefing newsmen at the Supreme Court.
He said that the committee found the
awardees worthy for the title at the end
of its general meeting held in Abuja on
Friday.
According to him, out of an initial 109
legal practitioners that applied, 23 were
shortlisted before the final
confirmation of the new Senior
Advocates.
He explained that two academicians
made the final list and no female lawyer
got the award this year, although three
of them had applied.
The chief registrar said that this year’s
award process was very rigorous, adding
that the provisions of the LPPC were
strictly adhered to in the selection
process.
He said that the awardees would be
inaugurated at the beginning of the new
legal year in September.
The new Senior Advocates are: Dr Olu
Onagoruwa (OFR), Prof. Joash Amupitan,
Mr Olusola Idowu, Dr Ernest Ojukwu, Mr
Ahamefula Ejelam, Chief George
Onyemenam and Mr Tawo Eja Tawo.
Others are Mr Olatunde Adejuyigbe, Mr
Sylvanus Ogwemoh, Dr Adewale Olawoyin,
Dr Joshua Olatoke, Mr Teslim Busari, Mr
Kevin Nwufo, Dr Amuda-Kannike
Abiodun, Mr Oluwakemi Balogun, Mr
Hakeem Afolabi and Mr Gerald Ezeuko.
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