New Senior Advocates of Nigeria announced: R.O Balogun, Rasaq Gold, 56 others elevated

The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC), under the leadership of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has officially elevated fifty-nine distinguished legal practitioners, including Chief Rafiu Oyeyemi Balogun and Bola Rasaq Gold, to the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).

This announcement follows hours of deliberation by the committee, and the decision reaffirms their excellence in the legal profession and commitment to upholding the ethical standards of the profession.

A statement issued by Hajo Sarki-Bello, the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court and Secretary of the LPPC, highlighted the rigorous selection process.

It further noted that four separate petitions against certain applicants were considered and subsequently dismissed for their lack of merit.

The newly appointed Senior Advocates of Nigeria will be formally inaugurated on Monday, November 27, at the Supreme Court complex.

Below is the list of the Advocates appointees (in order of seniority at the bar):

1. Felix Ota Offia
2. Lawrence Bankole Falade
3. Kingsley Osabuohien Obamogie
4. Folashade Abosede Alli
5. Abiola Isiaq Oyebanji
6. Bomo Olakunle Agbebi
7. Daniel Osinach Uruakpa
8. Oseloka Godwin Osuigwe
9. Babatunde Adeoye
10. Babaseyi Sigismund Joseph
11. Emmanuel Moses Enoidem
12. Kehinde Olufemi Aina
13. Ngozi Chido Olehi
14. Aaron Chileokwu Okoroma
15. Ibrahim Dalhatu Angulu
16. Olayiwola Emmanuel Afolabi
17. Sule Shu’aibu
18. Abiodun Olanrewaju Olaleru
19. Alfred Olufemi Atteh
20. Kazeem Adekunle Sobaloju
21. Shehu Wada Abdullahi
22. Bamidele Olawoye Ibironke
23. Oluwaseyilayo Akinkunmi Ojo
24. Funmi Falana
25. Felix Tamaraudenkemefa Okorotie
26. Seun Oluwagbenga Ajayi
27. Friday Ramses Aku Onoja
28. Agada John Elachi
29. Bola Rasaq Gold
30. Paul Kasimanwuna Madueme
31. Rafiu Oyeyemi Balogun
32. Oluwole Aladedoye
33. Paulyn Osobhase Abhulimen
34. Jonathan Gunu Taidi
35. Tochukwu Jude Onyiuke
36. Olukayode Abraham Ajulo
37. Christopher Adapar Umar
38. Chibueze Ogechi Ogbonna
39. Yemi Adewale M’Sbaudeen Adesina
40. Omoyemi Lateef Akangbe
41. Olumide Akinwale Olujinmi
42. Musa Adamu Aliyu
43. Fidelis Chukwunonye Mbadugha
44. Onyemaechi Chukwudi Adiukwu
45. Ikechukwu Philip Onuoma
46. Yakubu Philemon
47. Johnny Ungwugwaye Agim
48. Aliyu Lemu Ibrahim
49. Isaiah Bozimo
50. Prisca Ozoilesike
51. Yahaya Dan’asabe Dangana
52. Adedayo Samuel Adedeji
53. Adedipe Oluwaseun Adeola
54. Chikaosolu Ojukwu
55. Musa Ahmed Attah
56. Ayotunde Foluso Ogunleye
57. Olayemi Badewole

Additionally, one academic applicant has been granted the title of Senior Advocate of Nigeria:

1. Prof. Babatunde Adetunji Oni