FULL LIST: NHRC boss among 72 lawyers named senior advocates of Nigeria

Anthony Ojukwu, executive secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), has been named a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN).

Ojukwu is one of 72 lawyers named by the legal practitioners privilege committee (LPPC) at its 149th plenary session on Thursday.

A total of 130 lawyers were shortlisted for the rank in September — including 95 advocate applicants and 35 academic applicants. Of the 130 candidates shortlisted, 72 were successful, while 58 did not make the cut.

Other notable persons that were elevated to SAN are Ikeazor Akaraiwe, former vice-president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), as well as Emeka Obegolu, former NBA general secretary.

The LPPC, in a statement on Thursday, said the swearing-in ceremony of the 72 legal practitioners by the chief justice of Nigeria (CJN)is scheduled for December 8, 2021 at the supreme court premises in Abuja.

The LPPC also reminded the public that it had set up a sub-committee to review the 2018 guidelines for the award of the rank, effective from the 2023 application year.

The new appointees are:

1. Adeniyi Anthony Ademuyiwa
2. Umeh Philip Ndubuisi Evaristus
3. Ovrawah Ogaga
4. Afuba Peter Aguigom
5. Ajose-Adeogun Olaotan Olusegun
6. West-Idahosa Ehiogie
7. Awa Uche Sunday
8. Mekwunye Charles Dumbiri
9. Oladoja Tajudeen Olaseni
10. Akaraiwe Ikeazor Ajovi
11. Omotosho Francis
12. Onuzulike Felix Anayo
13. Oru Marcelluous Eguvwe
14. Ihua-Maduenyi Charles Udoka
15. Agbola Adeleke Olaniyi
16. Uzuegbu Benjamin Chukwudi
17. Akinola James Akingbola
18. Ihediwa Uchenna Chinyere
19. Adeluola Olukayode Oluwole
20. Olotu Bolarinwa
21. Hassan Usman El-Yakub
22. Olorunfemi Ayo Abraham
23. Atabo Reuben Okpanachi
24. Fapohunda Adekola Olawale
25. Okoli Ikenna
26. Mordi Mark Okeibunor
27. Seriki Sheriff Rotimi
28. Opara Victor Ugwuezumba
29. Ndayako Mohammed
30. Ojo Adekunle Akanbi
31. Adele John Ogwu
32. Wodu Kemasuode
33. Ayinla Salman Jawondo
34. Obiora Edwin Sunday Chukwujekwu
35. Abdulhamid Mohammed
36. Atung Samuel
37. Itula Fredricks Ebos
38. Anuga George Audu
39. Mustapha Dauda Adekola
40. Idris Ibrahim Agbomere
41. Gbadamosi Kazeem Adekunle
42. Aliyu Kabir
43. Nworka Chidi Benjamin
44. Abdul-Rasheed Muritala Oladimeji
45. Kotoye Adeyinka Moyosore
46. Obegolu Emeka Jude-Phillipe
47. Aruwa Shaibu Enejoh
48. Somiari Sammie Abiye
49. Onwuenwunor Clement
50. Omotunde Adeola Rasaq
51. Mogboh Anthony Obinna
52. Emeka Chijuoke Ogugua Precious
53. Lough Simon Asamber
54. Adedipe Ayodeji
55. Kuti Afolabi Fatai
56. Fatogun Eyitayo Ayokunle
57. Eko Ejembi Eko
58. Usman Jacob Johnson
59. Sani Abdulaziz Mohammed
60. Burkaa Matthew Gwar
61. Hussaini Ishaq Magaji
62. Ogungbade Oluwasina Olarenwaju

ACADEMIC APPOINTEES

1. Oyewo Ajagbe Toriola
2. Omorogbe Oluyinka Osayame
3. Ojukwu Anthony Okechukwu
4. Ijaodola Rasheed Jimoh
5. Sodipo Bankole Adekunle
6. Wigwe Christian Chizindu
7. Agbonika Josephine Aladi Achor
8. Sanni Abiola Olaitan
9. Omoregie Edoba Bright
10. Abdullahi Ibrahim