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Osinbajo, a former Ogun State Attorney-General/Justice Commissioner and brother
to acting President Yemi Osinbajo; human rights activist, Mr. Festus Keyamo;
and Mr. Olusola Oke, Alliance for Democracy candidate in the last Ondo State
governorship election, were among the 30 lawyers conferred with the prestigious
rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) on Thursday.
The decision
to confer them with the award was taken on Thursday at the 127th meeting of the
Legal Practitioners' Privileges Committee (LPPC), the conferring body, and
announced at a press conference after the meeting by Chief Registrar of the
Supreme Court and LPPC Secretary, Mrs. Hadizatu Uwani Mustapha.
According to
Mrs. Mustapha, the conferees will start wearing their new rank at a ceremony
slated for 18 September. This raises the number lawyer conferred with the rank
since inception in 1975 to 481.
Others
conferred with the award include Mr. Kamorudeen Adeyemi Ajibade, Kwara State
Attorney- General and Justice Commissioner; Professor Adedeji Olusegun
Adekunle, Director-General, Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
(NIALS); Mr Chiezonu Okpoko of the Federal Ministry of Justice and former Ogun
State Education Mr. John Olusegun Odubela.
Also named
are Mrs. Oluwatoyin Ajoke Bashorun (the only female on the list), Messrs.
Chibuike Adindu Nwokeukwu, Johnnie Nnaemeka Egwuonwu, Bert Chukwuneta Igwilo,
Sylvester Emenike Elema, Wilcox Achace Abereton, Francis Forum Egele, Enefiok
Effiong Essien, Saiq S. Shikyl, Adebambo
Anthony Adewopo and Nasser Abdu Dangiri.
Equally
honored are Messrs. Emeka Peter Okpoko, Sani Hussani Garun-Gabbas, Abdul
Atadoga Ibrahim, Gboyega Sanni Oyewole, Joshua Yusuf Musa, Ibrahim Sani
Mohammed, Ekemejero Ohwovoriole, Oyetola Oshobi, Sulaiman Usman and Kehinde
Olamide Ogunwumijo.
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