Apata, Adegboruwa, Rhodes-Vivour, Malik, 34 Others Make SAN List

Lagos lawyer, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, and the Solicitor-General
of the Federation and Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry
of Justice, Justice Adedayo Apata, and 36 others have been elevated
to the highly coveted rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria.

Chief Registrar of Supreme Court and Legal Practitioners’
Committee, Hadizatu Mustapha, announced the list at a press
conference in Abuja on Friday.

She said the total of 38 lawyers was elevated by the LPPC at the
committee’s 138th plenary session held on Thursday.

The successful candidates who were selected from 117 applicants
for the rank, are to be sworn in at the ceremony marking the
upcoming new 2019/2020 legal year of the apex court which will hold
in September.

Apart from Adegboruwa and Apata, among the newly elevated
lawyers is Mrs. Adedoyin Rhodes-Vivour, who is the wife of a
Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour.

The rest include, Abdullahi Haruna, Manga
Nuruddeen, John Asoluka, Adedokun Makinde, Daniel Enwelum, Emmanuel
Oyebanji, Tuduru Ede, Abdul Ajana, Ama Etuwewe, Oladipo Olasope,
Leslie Olutayo Nylander, Olusegun Fowowe and Andrew Hutton.

They also include, Olukayode Enitan, Paul
Ogbole, Olaniyi Olopade, Samuel Agweh, Olusegun Jolaawo, Prof.
Alphonsus Alubo, Ayo Asala, Abiodun Olatunji, Olumide Aju, Chimezie
Ihekweazu, Prof. Mamman Lawan, Prof. Uchefula Chukwumaeze, Usman
Sule, Safiya Badamasi, and Echezona Etiaba.

The rest are Godwin Omoaka, Emeka Ozoani, Alexander Ejesieme,
Jephthah Njikonye, Aikhunegbe Malik, Alhassan Umar and Oyetola
Muyiwa.

While announcing the list on Friday, the Supreme Court’s Chief
Registrar said four of the 117 applicants were female, among whom
two were successful.

Of the 38 successful candidates, three of them are of the
academics category while the rest of them are of advocacy.

Mustapha said, “The rank (SAN), is awarded as a mark of
excellence to members of the legal profession who have
distinguished themselves as advocates and academics.

“The swearing-in ceremony of the 38 legal practitioners will
take place during the 2019/2020 new legal year of the Supreme Court
scheduled for September 2019.”

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