Admin l Monday, May 20, 2019
LAGOS, Nigeria – Not less than 80 lawyers have been shortlisted for award of Senior Advocate of Nigeria(SAN) by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee.
Among the lawyers is the human rights crusader, Mr Emeka Onyemaechi Ozoani, Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa and 13 professors.
Ozoani and Adegboruwa were among the 64 ‘Advocate category’ while 13 professors are among B. ‘Academic Category’.
The professors are, Joseph Abugu, Damilola Olawuyi, Olaide Gbadamosi, Mamman Lawan, Uchefula Chukwumaeze, Oludayo Amokaye, Alphonsus Alubo, Rasheed Ijaodola, Sampson Erugo, Edward Oyewo, Oghenemaro Emiri, Bankole Akintoyesodipo and Afeisimi Badaiki
In a newspaper advertorial signed by the (LPPC) Secretary/Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Hadizatu Mustapha, the body 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.
“10 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 .”
