Funmi, wife of human rights lawyer, Femi Falana SAN is one of the six women shortlisted for the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria(SAN) by the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) in an unprecedented move to admit women into the inner Bar.
It is the first time that such a number of women will be shortlisted for admittance to the prestigious rank. Others include Folashade Abosede Alli, Ngozi Chico Olehi, Olayemi Badewole, Prof Violet Aigbokhaevbo, and Prof Benedicta Lopez Daudu. While the first four are in practice, the two professors obviously ate in the academics.
LPPC had on Thursday released the shortlist of 69 senior lawyers to the rank of SAN.
LPPC by notice announced the shortlisting of Applicants who qualified after the Advocates 1st and 2nd Filtration Stages, Academic pre-qualification, Academic 2nd filtration Exercise, the Independent Appeals Hearing and Chambers Inspection Exercise, preparatory to the interview stage in the process for the conferment of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria on the successful Applicants for the year 2023.
“All qualified shortlisted Applicants are graded under two-category systems by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee, namely Advocates and Academic Applicants respectively.
The shortlisted Applicants in the two categories are follows:
SHORTLISTED ADVOCATE APPLICANTS IN ORDER OF SENIORITY AT THE BAR
FELIX OTA OFFIA, ESQ
LAWRENCE BANKOLE FALADE, ESQ
KINGSLEY OSABUOHEIN OBAMOGIE, ESQ
FOLASHADE ABOSEDE ALLI, ESQ
ABIOLA ISIAQ OYEBANJI, ESQ
BOMO OLAKUNLE AGBEBI, ESQ
DANIEL OSINACH URUAKPA, ESQ
OSELOKA GODWIN OSUIGWE, ESQ
BABATUND E ADEOYE, ESQ
BABSEYI SIGISMUND JOSEPH, ESQ
EMMANUEL MOSES ENOIDEM, ESQ
KEHINDE OLUFEMI AINA, ESQ
NGOZI CHIDO OLEHI, ESQ
AARON CHILEOKWU OKOROMA, ESQ
IBRAHIM DALHATU ANGULU, ESQ
OLAYIWOLA EMMANUE L AFOLABI, ESQ
SULE SHU’AIBU,ESQ
ABIODUN OLANREWAJU OLALERU, ESQ
ALFRED OLUFEMI ATTEH, ESQ
KAZEEM ADEKUNL E SOBALOJU, ESQ
SHEHU WADAABDULLAHI, ESQ
BAMIDELE IBIRONKE OLAWOYE,ESQ
OLUWASEYILAYO AKINKUNMI OJO, ESQ
FUNMI FALANA, ESQ
FELIX TAMARA UDENKE MEFA OKOROTIE, ESQ
OLUWAGBENGA SEUN AJAYI, ESQ
FRIDAY RAMSES AKU ONOJA, ESQ
JOHN AGADA ELACHI, ESQ
BOLA RAZAQ GOLD, ESQ
PAUL KASIMANU WAMAD UEMENE, ESQ
RAFIU OYEYEMI BALOGUN, ESQ
OLUWOLE ALADEDOYE, ESQ
PAUL YN OSOBHASE ABHULIMEN, ESQ
JONATHAN TAIDI GUNU, ESQ
TOCHUKWU JUDE ONYIUKE, ESQ
OLUKAYODE ABRAHAM AJULO, ESQ
CHRISTPHER ADAPAR UMAR , ESQ
CHIBUEZE OGECHI OGBONNA,ESQ
YEMI ADEWALE M’SBAUDEEN ADESINA, ESQ
OMOYEMI LATEEF AKANGBE, ESQ
OLUMIDE AKIN WALE OLUJINMI , ESQ
MUSA ADAMU ALIYU, ESQ
FIDELIS CHUK WUNONYE MBADUGHA, ESQ
ONYEMAECHI CHKWUDI ADIUKWU, ESQ
IKECHUKWU PHILIP ONUOMA, ESQ
YAKUBU PHILEMON, ESQ
JOHNNY UGWUGWAYE AGIM, ESQ
ALIYU LEMU IBRAHIM, ESQ
ISAIAH BOZIMO, ESQ
PRISCA OZOILOESIKE, ESQ
YAHAYA DAN’ASABE DANGANA, ESQ
ADEOLA OLUWASEUN ADEDIPE, ESQ
ADEDAYO SAMUE LADEDEJI, ESQ
CHIKAOSOLU OJUKWU, ESQ
MUSAAHMED ATTAH, ESQ
AYOTUNDE FOLUSO OGUNLEYE, ESO
OLAYEMI BADEWOLE, ESQ
SHORTLISTED ACADEMIC APPLICANTS IN ORDER OF SENIORITY AT THE BAR
PROF. JOHN ALEWO AGBONIKA
PROF. OSY CHUKWU CHUKWUNYERE NWEBO
PROF. NLERUM SUNDAY OKOGBULE
PROF. NNAMDI ONYEKA OBIARAERI
PROF. MOHAMMED LAWAL AHMADU
PROF. NATHANIEL AHAGBUE INEGBEDION
PROF. VIOLET AIGBOKHAEVBO
PROF. BABATUNDE ADETUNJI ONI
PROF. CHIMA JOSEPHAT UBANYIONWU
PROF. GANIYU ADEYEMI OKE
PROF. BENEDICTA LOPEZ DAUDU
PROF. OMONIYI BUKOLA AKINOLA
“The General Public is at liberty to comment on the integrity, reputation, and competence of the above-listed Applicants.
Any complaint(s) presented to the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee must be accompanied by a verifying affidavit deposed to by the author before a Court of Record in Nigeria” the Notice reads.
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