The Legal Practitioners Privilege Committee (LPPC) has called for public comment on the integrity, reputation and competence of 130 lawyers shortlisted for the award of the rank of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN).
The Acting Registrar of Supreme Court of Nigeria and Secretary Mrs Hajo Bello,made the call in a public notice on Wednesday.
“However, any complaint(s) presented to the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee must be accompanied with a verifying affidavit deposed to before a court of record.
“Please be informed that in relation to paragraph 12(2) of the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee Guidelines 2018, 12 copies of such comments or complaints must be received at the office of the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee not later than 4pm on Tuesday September 28, 2021,” she said.
According to the notice the shortlisted candidates emerged from both the advocate filtration stages and academic pre-qualification exercise, “preparatory to the award of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria for the year 2021”.
Among the shortlisted candidates are the former General Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Emeka Obegolu, former Vice President of NBA, Akaraiwe Ikeazor, the Executive Secretary of National Human Rights Commission Ojukwu and 127 other lawyers.
The names of the shortlisted candidates were contained in a public notice released on Wednesday.
According to the Acting Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and Secretary of the LPPC, Mrs Hajo Bello, the shortlisted candidates emerged from both the advocate filtration stages and academic pre-qualification exercise, “preparatory to the award of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria for the year 2021”.
In the year 2020, the committee shortlisted 137 lawyers but awarded the rank to 70 lawyers which was the highest number so far in the history of the award.
Out of the 130 shortlisted for the year 2021, 95 are of the Advocate category, while the remaining 35 are of theacademic category.
Some in the Advocate category are Ojukwu, Offia Ota, Nwafor-Orizu Orji, Adeniyi Ademuyiwa, Ovrawah Ogaga, Abubakar Adamu and West-Idahosa Ehiogie.
Among those in the academic category are Braithwaite Onikepo, Thisday Law Page Editor; Prof. Oyewo Toriola, Prof. Omorogbe Osayame, Dr. Okafor Ebelechukwu, Prof. Sholanke Olusegun, Ojukwu Okechukwu and Dr AgbonikaAchor, amongst others.
LIST OF SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES FOR THE RANK OF SENIOR ADVOCATE OF NIGERIA (SAN) ADVOCATE CATEGORY FOR 2021 ARE AS FOLLOWS:
1. OFFIA FELIX OTA, ESQ.
2. NWAFOR-ORIZU ORJI, ESQ.
3. ADENIYI ANTHONY ADEMUYIWA, ESQ.
4. UMEH PHILIP NDUBUISI EVARISTUS, ESQ.
5. OVRAWAH OGAGA, ESQ.
6. UGBODUMA JOHNSON TARIGHO OMOPHE, ESQ.
7. AFUBA PETER AGUIGOM, ESQ.
8. ODIONU JOHNSON, ESQ.
9. ABUBAKAR ADAMU, ESQ.
10. AJOSE-ADEOGUN OLAOTAN OLUSEGUN, ESQ.
11. WEST-IDAHOSA EHIOGIE, ESQ.
12. AWA UCHE SUNDAY, ESQ.
13. MEKWUNYE CHARLES DUMBIRI, ESQ.
14. OGUEJIOFOR CHARLES CHUKWUMA, ESQ.
15. OLADOJA TAJUDEEN OLASENI, ESQ.
16. AKARAIWE IKEAZOR AJOVI, ESQ.
17. OMOTOSHO FRANCIS, ESQ.
18. ONUZULIKE FELIX ANAYO, ESQ.
19. OKO-JAJA LAWRENCE SUNDAY, ESQ.
20. OSHOMEGIE CHRISTOPHER AGBOMEIRHE, SUNDAY, ESQ.
21.ORU MARCELLUOUS EGUVWE, ESQ.
22. ALADESANMI ROTIMI ADEFEMI, ESQ.
23. IHUA-MADUENYI CHARLES UDOKA, ESQ.
24. AGBOLA ADELEKE OLANIYI, ESQ.
25. UZUEGBU BENJAMIN CHUKWUDI, ESQ.
26. AKINOLA JAMES AKINGBOLA, ESQ.
27. IHEDIWA UCHENNA CHINYERE, ESQ.
28. FATUNDE ADEWUMI RICHARD, ESQ.
29. ADELUOLA OLUKAYODE OLUWOLE, ESQ.
30. OSAKA BENJAMIN NWORAH, ESQ.
31. OLOTU BOLARINWA, ESQ.
32. ILAVBARE HABEEB ORISAVBIA, ESQ.
33. LANA MICHAEL FOLORUNSO, ESQ.
34. HASSAN USMAN EL-YAKUB, ESQ.
35. OLORUNFEMI AYO ABRAHAM, ESQ.
36. FAPOHUNDA ADEKOLA OLAWALE, ESQ.
37. BELLO HENRY ADEDAYO, ESQ.
38. ERONDU CHIJIOKE OGBONNA, ESQ.
39. OKOLI IKENNA, ESQ.
40. MORDI MARK OKEIBUNOR, ESQ.
41. ATABO REUBEN OKPANACHI, ESQ.
42. SERIKI SHERIFF ROTIMI, ESQ.
43. OPARA VICTOR OGWUEZUMBA, ESQ.
44. NDAYAKO MOHAMMED, ESQ.
45. OJO ADEKUNLE AKANBI, ESQ.
46. IBOROMA DAGOGO ISRAEL, ESQ.
47. OMU HENRY ESHIJONAM, ESQ.
48. AKUBO JOSEPH ADEMU, ESQ.
49. ADELE JOHN OGWU, ESQ.
50. WODU KEMASUODE, ESQ.
51. AYINLA SALMAN JAWONDO, ESQ.
52. AIDI BOLARINWA ELIJAH, ESQ.
53. OBIORAH EDWIN SUNDAY CHUKWUJEKWU, ESQ.
54. OLOYEDE-ASANIKE ABIOYE ARAOYE, ESQ.
55. ABDULHAMID MOHAMMED, ESQ.
56. ATUNG SAMUEL, ESQ.
57. OLOLADE COLE SEGUN, ESQ.
58. ITULA FREDRICKS EBOS, ESQ.
59. ANUGA GEORGE AUDU, ESQ.
60. SHU’AIBU SULE, ESQ.
61. MUSTAPHA DAUDA ADEKOLA, ESQ.
62. IDRIS IBRAHIM AGBOMERE, ESQ.
63. GBADAMOSI KAZEEM ADEKUNLE, ESQ.
64. IBRAHIM SULAYMAN OLAWALE, ESQ.
65. OGUDE VICTOR ODAFE, ESQ.
66. ALIYU KABIR, ESQ.
67. NWORKA CHIDI BENJAMIN, ESQ.
68. DANIEL-EBUNE JOSIAH OJOCHIDE, ESQ.
69. ABDUL-RASHEED MURITALA OLADIMEJI, ESQ.
70. KOTOYE ADEYINKA MOYOSORE, ESQ.
71. ADAMSON ADEBORO LATEEF, ESQ.
72. AKOMOLAFE BANKOLE JOEL, ESQ.
73. OBEGOLU EMEKA JUDE-PHILLIPE, ESQ.
74. ARUWA SHAIBU ENEJOH, ESQ.
75. SOMIARI SAMMIE ABIYE, ESQ.
76. ONWUENWUNOR CLEMENT, ESQ.
77. OMOTUNDE ADEOLA RASAQ, ESQ.
78. MOGBOH ANTHONY OBINNA, ESQ.
79. EMEKA CHIJIOKE OGUGUA PRECIOUS, ESQ.
80. OKORO EDWIN OKECHUKWU, ESQ.
81. OGUNGBADE OLUWASINA OLANREWAJU, ESQ.
82. BALOGUN RAFIU OYEYEMI, ESQ.
83. LOUGH SIMON ASAMBER, ESQ.
84. ADEDIPE AYODEJI, ESQ.
85. KUTI AFOLABI FATAI, ESQ.
86. UGOCHUKWU GODSON CHUKWUDI, ESQ.
87. FATOGUN EYITAYO AYOKUNLE, ESQ.
88. ONONYE ONYECHI STEVEN, ESQ.
89. EKO EJEMBI EKO, ESQ.
90. USMAN JACOB JOHNSON, ESQ.
91. SANI ABDULAZIZ MOHAMMED, ESQ.
92. BURKAA MATTHEW GWAR, ESQ.
93. DANGANA YAHAYA DAN’ASABE, ESQ.
94. ROTIMI OYEDEPO ISEOLUWA, ESQ.
95. HUSSAINI ISHAQ MAGAJI, ESQ.
SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES FOR THE RANK OF SENIOR ADVOCATE OF NIGERIA (SAN) IN ACADEMIC CATEGORY FOR 2021 ARE AS FOLLOWS.
PROF. OYEWO AJAGBE TORIOLA
PROF. OMOROGBE OLUYINKA OSAYAME
DR.OKAFOR KATHLEEN EBELECHUKWU
PROF. NWEBO OSY EZECHUKWUNYERE
PROF. SHOLANKE OLADIPO OLUSEGUN
PROF. IJAODOLA RASHEED JIMOH
DR. AJALA TAIWO FRANCIS
OJUKWU ANTHONY OKECHUKWU, ESQ.
PROF. SODIPO BANKOLE ADEKUNLE AKINTOYE
DR. WIGWE CHRISTIAN CHIZINDU
DR.AGBONIKA JOSEPHINE ALADI ACHOR
PROF. AHMADU MOHAMMED LAWAL
PROF.OLUDAYO GABRIEL AMOKAYE
PROF. SHAAKAA AKKARREN SAMUEL
PROF. CHUKWU LAWRENCE OBINNA COLLINS
DR. EFEVWERHAN DAVID IGHOJOHWEGBA
DR. ABILA VENUS ELIJAH SYLVANUS
PROF. IMBWASEH AKAA TYOZUA
PROF. KENEN EMMANUEL AYANGARUMUN
PROF. SANNI ABIOLA OLAITAN
PROF. ABDULLAHI SHEHU ZURU
PROF. UMENWEKE MESHACH NNAMA
BRAITHWAITE ABIMBOLA ONIKEPO, ESQ.
PROF. OMOREGIE EDOBA BRIGHT
A/PROF. MAIYAKI THEODORE BALA
PROF. ISAH MOHAMMED
DR. ONI BABATUNDE ADETUNJI
DR. AGABA JAMES ATTA
PROF. ABDULQADIR IBRAHIM ABIKAN
PROF. GBADAMOSI OLAIDE ABASS
PROF DAWUD KAMAL ALHAJI
A/PROF. ADBULLAHI IBRAHIM
DR. ABUBAKAR ABDULKARIM KANA
DR. OKORIE CHIMEZIE KINGSLEY