38 Lawyers Appointed Senior Advocate Of Nigeria, SAN

The Solicitor General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Justice, Adedayo Apata , and 37 others have been elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria

Chief Registrar of Supreme Court and Legal Practitioners’ Committee, Hadizatu Mustapha, announced the list at a press conference in Abuja.

Mrs Hadizatu said the total of 38 lawyers was elevated by the LPPC at the committee’s 138th plenary session held on Thursday.

The successful candidates who were selected from 117 applicants for the rank, are to be sworn in at the ceremony marking the upcoming new 2019/2020 legal year of the apex court which will hold in September.