The immediate past Director General of the Nigerian Law School (NLS), Dr. Tahir Mamman, the National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Muiz Banire and 19 others were yesterday announced as having made the list of lawyers who would be conferred with the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
Presenting the list to journalists in Abuja, the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, who also doubles as the Secretary of the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee, Ahmed Gambo Saleh, said a total of 124 lawyers applied for the post. Others who made the list are Edward Kunav Ashieka, Benson Sopulu Nwankwo, Joseph Sunday Bamigboye, Patrick Ocheja Okolo and Professor Maxwell Micheal Gidado.
Also on the list are Dr. Akinpelu Theophilus Onigbinde, Ibrahim Kanje Bawa, Samuel Otseilu Zibiri, Adeniyi Ayodele Adegbonmire, Aderibigbe Ade Adedeji, Emmanuel Chinwenwo, Emeka Benson Etiaba and Abimbola Ibironke Akeredolu. Others are Olumuyiwa Akinboro, Gordy Uche, Uchechukwu Valentine Obi, Kehinde Kolawole Eleja, Professor Paul Oboarenegbe Idornigie and Dr. Oladapo Olumide Olanipekun. Out the 21 lawyers qualified, three are from the academia, while 18 were into advocacy. Saleh, however, said the swearing-in of the new SANs would come on September 21 at a special court session to mark the new legal year.
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