The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has approved the elevation of 57 legal practitioners to the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
The approval was given at the LPPC’s 169th plenary session, held in Abuja and chaired by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun.
The list of approved SANs includes 56 advocates and one academic.
The list has only two female legal practitioners. They are the Chairman of the NBA 2024 Annual General Conference Planning Committee, Mrs Oyinkan Badejo-Okusanya and Mrs Chinyere Ekene Moneme.
Other names on the list include the attorney general of Abia State and former Chairman of the NBA Lagos branch, Ikechukwu Uwanna, the immediate past attorney General of Nassarawa State and now Secretary to the State Government, Labaran Magaji, as well as the attorney general of Osun State, Oluwole Jimi-Bada.
The single academic appointee on the list this year is Professor Chima Ubanyionwu.
Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun would swear in the 57 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) on Monday, 29th September, 2025.
The rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria is conferred as a mark of professional excellence upon legal practitioners who have demonstrated exceptional distinction either as advocates in the courts or as academics contributing significantly to the development of legal scholarship.
“The rank of the Senior Advocate of Nigeria is conferred as a mark of professional excellence upon legal practitioners who have demonstrated exceptional distinction either as advocates in the courts or as academics contributing significantly to the development of legal scholarship,” said the committee in a statemen.“
During the session, the Committee also considered three (3) petitions submitted against certain applicants.
Upon thorough review, each petition was found to be lacking in merit and was accordingly dismissed.
“In accordance with the directives of the Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN), all shortlisted prospective Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) conferees are required to attend and successfully complete the Pre-Swearing-In Induction Programme, ” the statement added.
See the names of the approved SAN:
Theophilus Kolawole Esan, Esq,
Fedude Zimughan, Esq,
Ernest Chikwendu Ikejle, Esq,
Victor Esiri Akpoguma, Esq,
Leslie Akujuobi Njemanze, Esq,
Akintunde Wilson Adewale, Esq,
Preye Agedah, Esq, Omamuzo Erebe, Esq, Hannibal Egbe Uwaifo, Esq, Olumide Ekisola, Esq, George Ejie Ukaegbu, Esq, Oromena Justice Ajakpovi, Esq, Tairu Adebayo, Esq,Bawa Akhimie Osali Ibrahim, Esq, Suleh Umar, Esq, Emeka Akabogu, Esq, Godwin Sunday Ogboji, Esq, Godwin Aimuagbonrie Idiagbonya, Esq, Adeolu Olusegun Salako, Esq, Adetunji Oso, Esq, Achinike Godwin William-Wobodo, Esq, Shuaib Agbarere Mustapha, Esq, Adizua Chu-Chu Okoroafor, Esq,cOlanrewaju Tasleem Akinsola, Esq, Amaechi Fidelis Iteshi, Esq, Adakole Edwin Inegedu, Esq, Oyinkansola Badejo-Okunsanya, Esq, David Ogenyi Ogebe, Esq, Aminu Sani Gadanya, Esq, Oluseun Awonuga Adentyi, Esq, Ikechukwu Raphael Uwanna, Esq, Ayodeji Joseph Ademola, Esq, Kelechi Nwaiwu, Esq, Lawal Garba Hudu, Esq, Ibim Simeon Dokubo, Esq.
Others are; Luka Abubakar Haruna Musa, Esq Shakeer Adedayo Oshodi, Esq, Oluwole Tolulope Jimi-Bada, Esq, Mubarak Tijani Adekilekun, Esq, Chinyere Ekene Moneme, Esq, Shuaibu Magaji Labaran, Esq, Kingsley Tochukwu Udeh, Esq, Augustine Enenche Audu, Esq, Ali Dussah Zubairu, Esq, Adeyemi Adebambo Pitan, Esq, Habeeb Abdulrahman Oredola, Esq, Abdulakeem Labi-Lawal, Esq, Victor Agunzi, Esq, Nkwegu Luke Ogbagaegwu, Esq, Bidemi Ifedunni Ademola-Bello, Esq, Temilolu Femi Adamolekun, Esq, Abdulkarim Kabiru Maude, Esq’ Adedayo Gbolahan Adesina, Esq, Usman Yusuf Zaiyanu, Esq,Taiwo Azeez Hassan, Esq, Olufemi Olubummi Oyewole, Esq, Professor Chima Josephat Ubanyionwu
The new SANs would be sworn in by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun on Monday, September 29, 2025.
The shortlisted prospective SANs are required to attend and successfully complete the Pre-Swearing-In Induction Programme, as directed by the Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN).
The rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria is conferred as a mark of professional excellence upon legal practitioners who have demonstrated exceptional distinction either as advocates in the courts or as academics contributing significantly to the development of legal scholarship.
During the session, the Committee also considered three petitions submitted against certain applicants.
After thorough review, each petition was found to be lacking in merit and was accordingly dismissed.
