80 LAWYERS LIKELY TO BE CONFERRED SAN AS LPPC RELEASES SHORLIST, SEE LIST
Reports reaching BlackBox Nigeria has it that the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has shortlisted 80 lawyers for the conferment of the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) award. The LPPC said the shortlisted lawyers have scaled the first and second pre-qualification exercise.
Notable among the shortlisted lawyers is Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, human rights activist lawyer.
In a statement issued by the Secretary of the LPPC, Hadizatu Mustapha, who also doubles as the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, the committee stated that 64 of the candidates are practicing lawyers in the Advocate category while 16 are professors and PhD holders in the Academic category.
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The LPPC statement said members of the public are at liberty to comment on the integrity and reputation of any of the above candidates.
The statement said:
“The 80 shortlisted lawyers had scaled through the first and second advocates’ filtration, academic pre-qualification exercise and the appeal process, preparatory to the award of SAN for the year 2019.
“Any complaint(s) presented to the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee must be accompanied with verifying affidavit deposed to before a court of record in Nigeria.
“Ten copies of such comments or complaints must be submitted at the office of the Secretary, Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee, at the Supreme Court of Nigeria Complex, Abuja, not later than 4:00 p.m. on Monday, 17th June, 2019.”
See the full list below:
A. ADVOCATE CATEGORY
AYO ASALA ESQ.
ABIODUN ADEDIRAN OLATUNJI ESQ.
ALIYU OMEIZA ISA SAIKI ESQ.
OLUMIDE FOLARIN DAVID AYENI ESQ.
AMA VEMAARK ETUWEWE ESQ.
CHUKWUDI NWABUFO OBIEZE ESQ.
HENRY ESHIJONAM OMU ESQ.
OLADIPO ADEKOREDE OLASOPE ESQ.
ROBERT EGWONO EMUKPOERUO ESQ.
OLUMIDE ANDREW AJU ESQ.
ANDREW ESSIEN HUTTON ESQ.
OLUWASINA OLANREWAJU OGUNGBADE ESQ.
ADEDAPO OSARIUYIME TUNDE-OLOWU ESQ.
OLUSEGUN JOHNSON FABUNMI ESQ.
LESLIE ARTHUR OLUTAYO NYLANDER ESQ.
AKINOLA OLUGBENGA AKINTOYE ESQ.
JEPHTHAH CHIKODI NJIKONYE ESQ.
USMAN OGWU SULE ESQ.
RASHEED OKIKI ADEKUNLE ADEGOKE ESQ.
JOHN ONUEGBULAM ASOLUKA ESQ.
EJIKE CHUKWUGEKWU EZENWA ESQ.
OLANIYI MARUPH OLOPADE ESQ.
MUSIBAU ADETUNBI ESQ.
ADELEKE OLANIYI AGBOLA ESQ.
CHUKWUEMEKA OBIAJURU NWAGWU ESQ.
ISIAKA ABIOLA OLAGUNJU ESQ.
EBUN-OLU SAMUEL ADEGBORUWA ESQ.
ADEDOKUN MATTHEW MAKINDE ESQ.
TAIYE ABIMBOLA BABAJIDE OLADIPO ESQ.
GODWIN OSEMEAHON OMOAKA ESQ.
ADEWUMI RICHARD FATUNDE ESQ.
OYETOLA MUYIWA ATOYEBI ESQ.
CHARLES CHUKWUMA OGUEJIOFOR ESQ.
BENJAMIN NWORAH OSAKA ESQ.
RICHARD OMA AHONARUOGHO ESQ.
OLUSEGUN OMONIYI JOLAAWO ESQ.
FREDRICKS EBOS ITULA ESQ.
KINGSLEY OSABUOHIEN OBAMOGIE ESQ.
SAFIYA UMAR BADAMASI ESQ.
FELIX ANAYO ONUZULIKE ESQ.
OLADAPO AKANDE AKINOSUN ESQ.
OLUKAYODE ABAYOMI ENITAN ESQ.
DANIEL CHUKWUDI ENWELUM ESQ.
ABDUL OLAJIDE AJANA ESQ.
EMEKA ONYEMAECHI OZOANI ESQ
ECHEZONA CHUKWUDI ETIABA ESQ.
AYO ABRAHAM OLORUNFEMI ESQ.
EMMANUEL ADEYEYE OYEBANJI ESQ.
CHIMEZIE VICTOR CHIKWEM IHEKWEAZU ESQ.
SAMUEL NGOZI AGWEH ESQ.
OLUSEGUN OYEDIRAN FOWOWE ESQ.
ABDULLAHI HARUNA ESQ.
KAZEEM ADEKUNLE GBADAMOSI ESQ.
TUDURU UCHENDU EDE ESQ.
ALEXANDER CHUKWUDI EJESIEME ESQ.
DADA ADEKUNLE AWOSIKA ESQ.
ADEDOYIN OYINKAN RHODES-VIVOUR ESQ.
ADEBAYO TOBA APATA ESQ.
ADEKUNLE AKANBI OJO ESQ.
DAUDA ADEKOLA MUSTAPHA ESQ.
AIKHUNEGBE ANTHONY MALIK ESQ.
BOLARINWA ELIJAH AIDI ESQ.
ALHASSAN AKEJE UMAR ESQ.
PAUL HARRIS ADAKOLE OGBOLE ESQ.
B. ACADEMIC CATEGORY
PROF. JOSEPH EFEYEMINENI OROMAFUNU ABUGU
PROF. DAMILOLA SUNDAY OLAWUYI
PROF. OLAIDE ABASS GBADAMOSI
DR. GANIU ADEYEMI OKE
PROF. MAMMAN LAWAN
PROF. UCHEFULA UGONNA CHUKWUMAEZE
DR. DAVID IGHOJOHWEGBA EFEVWERHAN
DR. KATHLEEN EBELECHUKWU OKAFOR
PROF. OLUDAYO GABRIEL AMOKAYE
PROF. ALPHONSUS OKOH ALUBO
PROF. RASHEED JIMOH IJAODOLA
PROF. SAMPSON IHESIENE ERUGO
PROF. EDWARD OYELOWO OYEWO
PROF. OGHENEMARO FESTUS EMIRI
PROF. BANKOLE ADEKUNLE AKINTOYE SODIPO
PROF. AFEISIMI DOMINIC BADAIKI