Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee has elevated 38 lawyers as senior advocates.
The Supreme Court committee named the new senior lawyers at its 138th meeting which held on July 4.
The body meets annually to promote lawyers to the highly-coveted status that often confers special privileges to holders, including prioritised call of their cases.
The new senior lawyers, whose promotion would be confirmed in September, include Nigeria’s solicitor-general, Dayo Apata, and rights activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa.
Below is the full list of the new senior advocates:
1. ADEDOYIN OYINKAN
2. ABDULLAHI HARUNA
3. MANGA MOHAMMED NURUDDEEN
4. ADEDAYO TOBA APATA
5. JOHN ONUEGBULAM ASOLUKA
6. ADEDOKUN MATTHEW MAKINDE
7, DANIEL CHUKWUDI ENWELUM
8. EMMANUEL ADEYEYE OYEBANJI
9. TUDURU UCHENDU EDE
10. ABDUL OLAJIDE AJANA
11. AMA VEMAARR ETUWEWE
12. OLADIPO ADEKOREDE OLASOPE
13. LESLIE ARTHUR OLUTAYO NYLANDER
14. OLUSEGUN OYEDIRAN FOWOWE
15. ANDREW ESSIEN HUTTON
16. OLUKAYODE ABAYOMI ENITAN
17. PAUL HARRIS ADAKOLE OGBOLE
18. OLANIYI MARUPH OLOPADE
19. SAMUEL NGOZI
20. OLUSEGUN OMONIYI JOLAAWO
21. PROF. ALPHONSUS OKO ALUBO
22. AYO ASALA
23. ABIODUN ADEDIRAN OLATUNJI
24. OLUMIDE ANDREW AJU
25. CHIMEZIE VICTOR CHIKWEM IHEKWEAZU
26. MAMMAN LAWAN
27. UCHEFULA UGONNA CHUKWUMAEZE
28. EBUN-OLU SAMUEL ADEGBORUWA
29. USMAN OGWU SULE
30. SAFIYA UMAR BADAMASI
31. ECHEZONA CHUKWUDI ETIABA
32. GODWIN OSEMEAHON OMOAKA
33. EMEKA ONYEMAECHI OZOANI UMAR
34. ALEXANDER CHUKWUDI EJESIEME
35. JEPHTHAH CHIKODI NJIKONYE
36. AIKHUNEGBE ANTHONY MALIK
37. ALHASSAN AKEJE UMAR
38. OYETOLA MUYIWA ATOYEBI ESQ.