Thirty-eight lawyers will on Monday, September 23, 2019, be sworn in as Senior Advocates of Nigeria by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad.
This is sequel to the announcement of the 38 legal practitioners by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee, led by the CJN, on July 5, 2019.
In a statement on Wednesday by the Director, Press and Information of the Supreme Court, Dr. Festus Akande, the ceremony would be done during the special court session marking the commencement of the new 2019/2020 legal year of the apex court.
The statement read in part: “As customary, during such programmes, the Honourable Chief Justice of Nigeria will deliver a state-of-the judiciary address which is ostensibly to highlight the performance of the Supreme Court, and by extension, the Nigerian judiciary in the outgoing 2018/2019 legal year.
“It will be recalled that out of the 117 legal practitioners that applied for the Rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 2019, 38 were successful at the end of the rigorous exercise.
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“Out of this number, three are academics while 35 are advocates.
“The Supreme Court commenced its annual vacation after a remarkably successful 2018/2019 legal year on Monday 29 July, 2019.”
Full list:
- Justice Adedayo Apata
- Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa
- Adedoyin Rhodes-Vivour
- 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
- Andrew Hutton
- 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
- Echezona Etiaba
- Godwin Omoaka
- Emeka Ozoani
- Alexander Ejesieme
- Jephthah Njikonye
- Aikhunegbe Malik
- Alhassan Umar
- Oyetola Muyiwa.