68 Lawyers Elevated to Senior Advocate of Nigeria Rank in 2026 Exercise (Full List)

68 Lawyers Elevated to Senior Advocate of Nigeria Rank in 2026 Exercise (Full List)

The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee approves 67 advocates and one academic for Nigeria’s highest professional honour following its 174th plenary session in Abuja.

The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has approved the conferment of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) on 68 legal practitioners following the conclusion of its 2026 selection exercise. The approvals were granted at the LPPC’s 174th plenary session held on Thursday, July 23, 2026, in Abuja under the leadership of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun. According to the list released by the committee, the successful candidates comprise 67 advocates and one academic, Prof. Nnamdi Onyeka Obiaraeri. The swearing-in ceremony for the new SANs is scheduled to take place on Monday, October 12, 2026.

In a statement signed by the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court and Secretary of the LPPC, Kabir Akanbi, the committee described the SAN rank as the highest professional distinction available to legal practitioners in Nigeria. The honour is reserved for lawyers who have demonstrated exceptional excellence in courtroom advocacy or made outstanding contributions to legal scholarship. The LPPC said all successful applicants must participate in and successfully complete the mandatory Pre-Swearing-In Induction Programme. The committee said the programme will be organised in line with directives of the Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN), adding that attendance and successful completion are mandatory conditions for the formal conferment of the rank. The date for the induction programme will be communicated in due course.

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The committee reminded the successful candidates that they are prohibited from publishing or encouraging the publication of congratulatory advertisements, goodwill messages or notices in connection with their nomination or conferment. The restriction is in line with Paragraph 25(1) of the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Guidelines and Rule 39(3) of the Rules of Professional Conduct, 2023. The LPPC warned that any breach of the provisions could attract sanctions under the relevant professional and ethical rules. “Any breach of these provisions may attract sanctions for violations of statutory or ethical rules, as expressly stated,” the committee said.

The following legal practitioners were elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria:

1. Ibrahim Gamdeh Adamu

2. Jude Chukwuemeka Okafor

3. Godwill Achibong Umoh

4. Sunday Samuel Obende

5. Adebayo Olugbenga Adaralegbe

6. Jimson Ejovi Okodaso

7. Olalekan Lawrence Bade-John

8. Olaotan Thomas Olusegun

9. Philemon Audu Daffi

10. Adenrele David Adegborioye

11. James Eromosele Agbonhese

12. Alexander Nduka Muoka

13. Onome Okodiya

14. Emmanuel Akunke Akomaye

15. Ikhide Ehighelua

16. Mas’ud Mobolaji Alabelewe

17. Ogunmuyiwa Olayinka Balogun

18. Anthony Auditz Iroagalachi

19. Mohammed Tajudeen Mohammed

20. Odion Peter Odia

21. Gbemiga Adaramola

22. Moses Okoh Onyilokwu

23. Charles Azubuike Obodozie

24. Hakeem Obafemi Agaba

25. Bimbo Felix Atilola

26. Okechukwu Steve Emelieze

27. Joshua Demilade Olaniyan

28. Igonikon Abiola Adekunle

29. Christian Nnadozie Nwokorie

30. Sadiku Momoh Ilegieuno

31. Sarafa Kolawole Idowu

32. Olujoke Enitan Alwus

33. Oliver Onyenucheya Amuzie

34. Adebisi Emmanuel Adeniyi

35. Faruk Abdullah

36. Sagir Gezawa Suleiman

37. Ifeanyi Godwin Ezeuko

38. Adebayo Folorunsho Ologe

39. Sabiu Gumba Adamu

40. Eric Keme Egolukumor Omare

41. Soibi Ideriah Ovia

42. Somina Peter Johnbull

43. Chinedum Ikenna Umeche

44. Emmanuel Eghiegba Ekhasemomhe

45. Mohammed El Hassan Sheriff

46. Junaidu Bello Marshall

47. Olawale Sunday Fapohunda

48. Adebiyi Alaba Adetosoye

49. Senior Sulyman Ibrahim

50. Agba Eimunjeze

51. Ayobamidele Oyekunle Akande

52. Adetunji Taiwo Adedoyin Adeniyi

53. Olamide Mojigbotoluwa Adekunle

54. Umaru Yunusa

55. Akorede Habeeb Lawal

56. Darlington Nnabuike Ozurumba

57. Nnaemeka Francis Patrick Egonu

58. Kayode Orire Omosehin

59. Mitchel Akinrinsola Aribisala

60. Bolu Agbaje Akadri

61. Oluwaseun Asimiyu Alao

62. Olugbenga Olusanya Ajala

63. Mustapha Olayinka Ajenifuja

64. Afees Hassan Adebayo

65. Mohammed Abiodun Adelodun

66. Jonathan Akintola Makinde

67. Olajide Salami

68. Prof. Nnamdi Onyeka Obiaraeri (Academic)

68 Lawyers Elevated to Senior Advocate of Nigeria Rank in 2026 Exercise (Full List)