38 Nigerian lawyers have been named Senior Advocates by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee.
Known faces on the list of lawyers who were elevated to the highly-coveted status by the Supreme Court committee at its 138th meeting which was held on July 4, include Nigeria’s solicitor-general, Dayo Apata, and rights activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa.
Below are the full list of 38 lawyers named new SANs who will be confirmed in September;
1. ADEDOYIN OYINKAN
2. ABDULLAHI HARUNA ESQ.
3. MANGA MOHAMMED NURUDDEEN ESQ.
4. ADEDAYO TOBA APATA ESQ.
5. JOHN ONUEGBULAM ASOLUKA ESQ.
6. ADEDOKUN MATTHEW MAKINDE ESQ.
7, DANIEL CHUKWUDI ENWELUM ESQ.
8. EMMANUEL ADEYEYE OYEBANJI ESQ.
9. TUDURU UCHENDU EDE ESQ.
10. ABDUL OLAJIDE AJANA ESQ.
11. AMA VEMAARR ETUWEWE ESQ.
12. OLADIPO ADEKOREDE OLASOPE ESQ.
13. LESLIE ARTHUR OLUTAYO NYLANDER ESQ.
14. OLUSEGUN OYEDIRAN FOWOWE ESQ.
15. ANDREW ESSIEN HUTTON ESQ.
16. OLUKAYODE ABAYOMI ENITAN ESQ.
17. PAUL HARRIS ADAKOLE OGBOLE ESQ.
18. OLANIYI MARUPH OLOPADE ESQ.
19. SAMUEL NGOZI
20. OLUSEGUN OMONIYI JOLAAWO ESQ.
21. PROF. ALPHONSUS OKO ALUBO
22. AYO ASALA ESQ.
23. ABIODUN ADEDIRAN OLATUNJI ESQ.
24. OLUMIDE ANDREW AJU ESQ.
25. CHIMEZIE VICTOR CHIKWEM IHEKWEAZU ESQ.
26. PROF. MAMMAN LAWAN
27. PROF. UCHEFULA UGONNA CHUKWUMAEZE
28. EBUN-OLU SAMUEL ADEGBORUWA ESQ.
29. USMAN OGWU SULE ESQ.
30. SAFIYA UMAR BADAMASI ESQ.
31. ECHEZONA CHUKWUDI ETIABA ESQ.
32. GODWIN OSEMEAHON OMOAKA ESQ.
33. EMEKA ONYEMAECHI OZOANI ESQ.
UMAR ESQ.
34. ALEXANDER CHUKWUDI EJESIEME ESQ.
35. JEPHTHAH CHIKODI NJIKONYE ESQ.
36. AIKHUNEGBE ANTHONY MALIK ESQ.
37. ALHASSAN AKEJE UMAR ESQ.
38. OYETOLA MUYIWA ATOYEBI ESQ.
