CJN confers SAN rank on Keyamo and 29 others

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, will on September 18, confer the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria on 30 lawyers.

A statement by the Director of Press and Information, Supreme Court, Dr Festus Akande, said the conferment of the SAN rank on the lawyers was part of the events lined up as part of the ceremony marking the commencement of the new 2017/2018 legal year.

The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee had on July 6, announced Lagos lawyer, Mr Festus Keyamo, among the 30 successful candidates to be awarded the prestigious rank for this year.

Twenty-nine others, including the Alliance for Democracy’s candidate in the last governorship election in Ondo State, and a former National Legal Adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olusola Oke, was also among the successful candidates.

UCJ, UNILORIN.