Ade Adesomoju, AbujaLagos lawyer, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, and the Solicitor-General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Justice, Justice Adedayo Apata, and 36 others have been elevated to the highly coveted 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 on Friday. She said the total of 38 lawyers was elevated by the LPPC at the committee’s 138th plenary session held on Thursday. READ ALSO: Oyetola: APC reacts to Supreme Court judgmentApart from Adegboruwa and Apata, among the newly elevated lawyers is Mrs. Adedoyin Rhodes-Vivour, who is the wife of a Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour. Of the 38 successful candidates, three of them are of the academics category while the rest of them are of advocacy.

Source: Punch July 05, 2019 12:12 UTC