Congrats to all the new Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) 2017. The list of the 30 names have included my Ngwa lawyers and Ngwa-land was highly represented. The brother of Nigeria's current Vice President (Prof. Osinbajo) also made the list.
The final list of 30 new Barristers who are now SAN are:
1. Chibuike Adindu Nwanne Nwokeukwu Johnnie
2. Nnaemeka Egwuonwu
3. Bert Chukwuneta Igwilo
4. Sylvester Emenike Elema
5. Ikenna Victor Egbuna
6. Wilcox Achace Abereton
7. Michael Abayomi Bisade Alliyu
8. Akinlolu Oluyinka Osinbajo
9. Francis Forum Egele
10. Prof. Enefiok Effiong Essien
11. Prof. Sadiq Sylvester Shikyl
12. Prof. Adebambo Anthony Adewopo
13. Prof. Adedeji Olusegun Adekunle
14. Olusola Alex Oke
15. Nasser Abdu Dangiri
16. Oluwatoyin Ajoke Bashorun
17. Emeka Peter Okpoko
18. Sanni Hussani Garun-Gabbas
19. Abdul Atadoga Ibrahim
20. John Olusegun Odubela
21. Gboyega Sanmi Oyewole
22. Joshua Yusuf Musa
23. Ibrahim Sanni Mohammed
24. Festus Egwarewa Keyamo
25 Ekemejero Ohwovoriole
26. Oyetola Oshobi
27. Sulaiman Usman
28. Kehinde Olamide Ogunwunmiju
29. Chiesonu Igbojamuike Okpoko
30. Kamaldeen Adeyemi Ajibade
The Legal Practitioner’s Privilege Committee (LPPC), unveiled the list of these candidates considered for the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) for 2017.
A statement by the secretary of LPPC, Ahmed Gambo Saleh, who also serve as the Registrar of Supreme Court, said that 91 lawyers were screened for this year’s SAN award, bringing them another step closer to joining the elite club of legal practitioners. Mr. Saleh gave a breakdown of the candidates as comprising 67 practising lawyers and 24 legal scholars.
Akinlolu Osinbajo, a brother of Acting President Yemi Osinbajo was amongst those who made the list from practising lawyers category; while Bolaji Owasanoye of the presidential anti-corruption panel was picked from the academia.
The number of shortlisted candidates this year rose sharply over the number of those considered for the award in the previous year. The committee shortlisted 50 candidates in the 2016 exercise, but eventually cleared 22 and conferred them with the award, which is the highest for the Nigerian bar.
Out of 124 applications received in 2015, the LPPC elevated only 20 Nigerians with senior advocate status. More than 400 Nigerians have been conferred with the award since it began in 1973 with the elevation of the late legal luminary, Rotimi Williams, as the first awardee. The LPPC said it would welcome contributions from the general public in further determining the character of the individuals named for the award. The list of all the 91 advocate names earlier shortlisted for both Practicing Lawyers Category and Academic Category are:
S/N NAMES
1 OLANIYI MARUPH OLOPADE, ESQ.
2 ADEYINKA PATRICK OLUMIDE - FUSIKA, ESQ.
3 COSMAS IKECHUKWU ENWELUZO, ESQ.
4 METONG BERTRAM ROBERT UROMBO, ESQ.
5 SYLVESTER EMENIKE ELEMA, ESQ.
6 ABDUL ATADOGA IBRAHIM, ESQ.
7 EKEMEJERO OHWOVORIOLE, ESQ.
8 AYO ASALA, ESQ.
9 JOHN OLUSEGUN ODUBELA, ESQ.
10 IKENNA VICTOR EGBUNA, ESQ.
11 OMOKAYODE ADEBAYO DADA, ESQ.
12 CHIESONU IGBOJAMUIKE OKPOKO, ESQ.
13 EDWIN SUNDAY CHUKWUJEKWU OBIORAH, ESQ.
14 CHUKWUDI NWABUFO OBIEZE, ESQ.
15 GBOYEGA SANMI OYEWOLE, ESQ.
16 BENJAMIN NWORAH OSAKA, ESQ.
17 STEPHEN OJOMEKO ZAKARI ADEHI, ESQ.
18 FESTUS EGWAREWA KEYAMO, ESQ.
19 LOUIS MADUFORO ALOZIE, ESQ.
20 KAMALDEEN ADEYEMI AJIBADE, ESQ.
21 JOSHUA YUSUF MUSA, ESQ.
22 OLUMIDE FOLARIN DAVID AYENI, ESQ.
23 SULAIMAN USAMAN, ESQ.
24 OROK INANG COFFIE IRONBAR, ESQ.
25 EMEKA PETER OKPOKO, ESQ.
26 WOLE SEUN AGUNBIADE, ESQ.
27 OLUSEGUN JOHNSON FABUNMI, ESQ.
28 SONNY OLUCHUKWU WOGU, ESQ.
29 ADEWALE EYITEMI ATAKE, ESQ.
30 WILCOX ACHACE ABERETON, ESQ.
31 OLUWOLE OSAMUDIAME IYAMU, ESQ.
32 KENNETH CHUKWUEMEKA AHIA, ESQ.
33 OLUKAYODE ABAYOMI ENITAN, ESQ.
34 OLUBOWALE TAIWO, ESQ.
35 GEORGE CHIEDU IGBOKWE, ESQ.
36 KEHINDE OLAMIDE OGUNWUMIJU, ESQ.
37 AKEEM ADEDEJI AGBAJE, ESQ.
38 ADEKOLA ADEYEYE OLAWOYE, ESQ.
39 IKHIDE EHIGHELUA, ESQ.
40 OLUSEGUN OMONIYI JOLAAWO, ESQ.
41 GODWIN OSEMOHON OMOAKA, ESQ.
42 FRANCIS FORUM EGELE, ESQ.
43 AKINLOLU OLUYINKA OSINBAJO, ESQ.
44 ISHAKA DIKKO MUDI, ESQ.
45 OLUSOLA ALEX OKE, ESQ.
46 EMMANUEL OZOEMENAM ACHUKWU, ESQ.
47 MICHEAL ABAYOMI BISADE ALLIYU, ESQ.
48 AMA VEMAARK ETUWEWE, ESQ.
49 ABDUL OLAJIDE AJANA, ESQ.
50 JOHNSON TARIGHO OMOPHE UGBODUMA, ESQ.
51 JOHNNIE NNAEMEKA EGWUONWU, ESQ.
52 OLAYODE OLUMIDE DELANO, ESQ.
53 BERT CHUKWUNETA IGWILO, ESQ.
54 JOHNSON OLALEKAN OJO, ESQ.
55 OYETOLU OSHOBI, ESQ.
56 EJIKE CHUKWUGEKWU EZENWA, ESQ.
57 JOHN MOFOLORUNSHO MUSTAPHA MAJIYAGBE, ESQ.
58 CHIBUIKE ADINDU NWANNE NWOKEUKWU, ESQ.
59 PRINCE ORJI NWAFOR - ORIZU, ESQ.
60 OLUSEUN TAKINTAYO AKINBIYI, ESQ.
61 OLUSEGUN OYEDIRAN FOWOWE, ESQ.
62 IBRAHIM SANI MOHAMMED, ESQ.
63 EDMUND CHINONYE OBIAGWU, ESQ.
64 SANI HUSSANI GARUN - GABBAS, ESQ.
65 OBA MADUABUCHI, ESQ.
66 OWOSENI NATHANIEL AJAYI, ESQ.
67 CHARLES CHUKWUMA OGUEJIOFOR, ESQ.
ACADEMIC CATEGORY
1 DR. GANIU ADEYEMI OKE
2 PROF. BOLAGI OLUFUNMILEYI OWASANOYE
3 PROF. JOSEPH E.O ABUGU
4 PROF. OFFORNZE DIKE AMUCHEAZI
5 PROF. OLAREWAJU ADIGUN FAGBOHUN
6 PROF. ADEDEJI OLUSEGUN ADEKUNLE
7 PROF. ADEBAMBO ANTHONY ADEWOPO
8 PROF. OLADEJO JUSTICE OLOWU
9 PROF. ENEFIOK EFFIONG ESSIEN
10 PROF. OGHENEMARO FESTUS EMIRI
11 PROF. MUHAMMED MUSTAPHA AKANBI
12 PROF. OLUYEMISI BAMGBOSE
13 PROF. RASHEED JIMOH IJAODOLA
14 PROF. SYLVESTER SADIQ SHIKYIL
15 PROF. ALPHONSUS OKOH ALUBO
16 PROF. IKECHI CHIBUZO MGBEOJI
17 PROF. SAMPSON IHESIENE ERUGO
18 PROF. JAMES IBHAYANOR AKHERE
19 PROF. MOHAMMED YUSUF YUSUF
20 PROF. DAMILOLA SUNDAY OLAWUYI
21 PROF. OLAYINKA OSAYAME OMOROGBE
22 PROF. MAMMAN LAWAN
23 PROF. BANKOLE ADEKUNLE SODIPO
24 PROF. SANI MUHAMMED ADAM
These were 10 names that were added to the earlier list for clearance by the panel:
1. Wahab Olasupo Egbewole
2. Daniel Enwelum
3. Nasser Abdu Dangiri
4. Salman Jawondo Ayinla
5. Olumide Andrew Aju
6. Sunday Samuel Obende
7. Oluwatoyin Ajoke Bashorun
8. Jephthah Chikodi Njikonye
9. Michael Folorunsho Lana
10. Tuduru Uchendu Ede