Lagos
lawyer Festus Keyamo again failed in his attempt to get the rank of the
Senior Advocate of Nigeria as the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges
Committee conferred the rank on 21 lawyers on Friday.
The
successful lawyers include National Legal Adviser of the All
Progressives Congress, Dr. Muiz Banire, Dr. Oladapo Olanipekun, who is a
son of a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Chief Wole
Olanipekun, and Emeka Etiaba, a son of a former Deputy Governor of
Anambra State, Mrs. Virgy Etiaba.
Also on
the list are National Commissioner, Legal Services of the Independent
National Electoral Commission, Ibrahim Bawa; Edward Ashiekaa, Benson
Nwankwo, Joseph Bamigboye, Patrick Okolo, Prof. Maxwell Gidado, Dr.
Tahir Mamman, and Dr. Akinpelu Onigbinde.
Others
are Samuel Zibiri, Adeniyi Adegbonmire, Aderibigbe Adedeji, Emmanuel
Aguma, Abimbola Akeredolu, Olumuyiwa Akinboro, Gordy Uche, Uchechukwu
Obi, Kehinde Eleja and Prof. Paul Idornigie.
Gidado,
Mamman, and Idornigie are of the academic category while the rest of
the 18 lawyers were conferred with the rank as advocates.
The
only female among the 21 successful lawyers, Akeredolu, was one of the
three females in a total of 124 applicants that applied for the rank
when the application entry opened in January.
Chief
Registrar of the Supreme Court and Secretary to the LPPC, Ahmed Saleh,
announced the name of the successful lawyers at a press conference on
Friday.
He said
the rank was conferred on the 21 lawyers at the 119th general meeting of
the LPPC on Friday “as a mark of excellence to the under listed members
of the legal profession.”
The 21 lawyers were selected after an interview of the 50 shortlisted candidates held on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Keyamo
was shortlisted for the final interview last year but did not make the
final list. This made the second time he got so close to getting the
rank after previous attempts that failed to earn him an opportunity for
the final interview.
Also, a
former National Adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olusola
Oke, who is now an APC member, was also shortlisted for this year’s
final interview but failed to make the final list.
The LPPC secretary, while briefing journalists, said 124 applicants applied for the rank.
Saleh
said the 21 lawyers would be sworn in on September 21 at a special court
session marking the beginning of the 2015/2016 legal year.
The new SANs will join 408 lawyers both living and dead who had been conferred with the rank since its inception in 1975.
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