LPPC Appoints 17 New SANs, Drops 27 Applicants

[Shola Sholaz]

The Legal Practitioners' Privileges Committee, LPPC, Friday, approved the appointment of 17 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SANs, even as it dismissed applications that were filed before it by 27 senior lawyers who sought to be elevated to the rank.
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Disclosing the names of the new SANs during a press briefing in Abuja yesterday, the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court and Secretary of the LPPC, Mr Sunday Olorundahunsi, said the committee selected them at the end of a rigorous two days interview sessions it conducted on July 16 and 17.
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He maintained that aside a holistic inquest into their professional conduct, the LPPC, ensured that none of them had engaged in any form of judicial corruption in the past.
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Those he said were okayed for conferment of the revered rank for year 2013, were Adele Eberechi, Olumide Olusoga Sofowora, Olufunke Aboyade (Ms), Uko Essien Udom, Anthony Ikechukwu Ani, Gowin Oduma Obla, Suraj Sa'eda, Anthony Chukwuemeka Anaenugwu, Joe Ad'ojo Abrahams.

[Folami David]

The appointments makes a lot of sense because it would boost the LAW sector of this country. Nice move from the appointees...

[Shola Sholaz]

SANs are very muich respected in Nigeria so I expect a lot of respect for this newly appointed SANs...It's always a good feeling.