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~WELCOME~
FESTUS KEYAMO MISSES IN ACTION AGAIN
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.
MEET “THE NEW WIGS”
OF THE INNER BAR
- Dr. Muiz Banire( National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress)
- Dr. Oladapo Olanipekun (who is a son of a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Chief Wole Olanipekun)
- Emeka Etiaba, (a son of a former Deputy Governor of Anambra State, and Mrs. Virgy Etiaba)
- Ibrahim Bawa,
- Edward Ashiekaa,
- Benson Nwankwo,
- Joseph Bamigboye,
- Patrick Okolo,
- Prof. Maxwell Gidado (academic category )
- Dr. Tahir Mamman(academic category)
- Dr. Akinpelu Onigbinde.
- Samuel Zibiri,
- Adeniyi Adegbonmire,
- Aderibigbe Adedeji,
- Emmanuel Aguma,
- Abimbola Akeredolu,
- Olumuyiwa Akinboro,
- Gordy Uche,
- Uchechukwu Obi,
- Kehinde Eleja and
- Prof. Paul Idornigie(academic category)
Gidado, Mamman, and Idornigie were 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 names of the successful lawyers at a press
conference on Friday.
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 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.
CONGRATULATIONS LEARNED SILKS....
CREDIT: THE PUNCH
CREDIT:SAMUEL CHIDIEBERE FRANCIS(PRAG)
