Efio-Ita Nyok|5 July 2016|10:00am
The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Prosecution, Chief Okoi Obono-obla, has expressed his congratulations over the selection of Biase, Cross River-born Mba E Ukweni SAN as a Senior Advocate of Nigeria yesterday by the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
Chief Obono-Obla who referred to SAN Ukweni as 'my friend' noted that the later is 'a brilliant, hardworking, industrious and dogged Legal Practitioner! He greatly merit the Rank!'
It will be recalled that yesterday 4 July, the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee of the Supreme Court of Nigeria announced the conferment of the prestigious title of 'Senior Advocate of Nigeria' on 22 deserving legal practitioners in Nigeria.
The LPPC released the list of its new 22 SANs through Alhaji Gambo Saleh, Chief Registrar, Supreme Court and Secretary of LPPC as follows:
Academics:
1 Lanre Onadeko
2. Prof Moh’d Tabiu
3. Prof. Amari Omaka
Practitioners:
4. Nnamonso Ekanem
5.Dr. Valerie Azinge
6. Olufunke Agbor
7. Olusola Ojutalayo
8. Richard Akintunde
9. Oyesoji oyeleke
10. James Onyeawuna Ikeyi
11. Elisha Yakuba Kurah
12. Adewunmi Ogunsanya
13. Olatunbosun Olanipekun
14. Chief Umeh Kalu
15. Adewale Adesokan
16. Andy Igboekwe
17. Chijioke Okoli
18. Olaseni Adio
19. Olasheni Ibiwoye
20. Abdulhakeem Mustapha
21 .Mba Ekpezu Ukweni
22. Edward Gyang Pwajok
Efio-Ita Nyok
Is a Blogger & the Editor of Negroidhaven.org (Negroid Haven)