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Ex-NBA Chair, Publicity Secretary, 85 Others Make List Of New SAN

by Olakunle Olasanmi
11 months ago
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The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC), Headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has approved the conferment of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria on 87 legal practitioners.

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Some of the senior lawyers who made the list are the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Yobe State Branch, and a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC), NBA, Barrister Baba Dala Fika, former National Publicity Secretary of the NBA, Dr Rapulu Ernest Nduka, Chairman of NBA Public Interest and Development Law (SPIDEL), Monday Ubani, Deremi Oguntoye, Chukwudi Enebeli, Wendy Kuku, and Mofesomo Tayo-Oyetibo, amongst others.

A statement signed by the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court and Secretary of the LPPC, Hajo Sarki Bello, says the swearing-in ceremony of the 87 successful Applicants is scheduled for Monday, September 30, 2024.

At its 164th plenary held on Thursday, the LPPC considered five (5) different petitions written against some of the Applicants and determined that each petition lacked merit and accordingly dismissed the same.

  1. Assistant National Legal Adviser and member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The lone academic applicant is Prof. Ganiu Adeyemi.

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Barrister Fika, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was among the 87 lawyers shortlisted by the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) for the prestigious rank of the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).

The shortlist of Fika has been described as a welcome development in view of his passion and adherence to ethical practice of the profession.

Fika, was enrolled as a Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 1988, and now the Principal Partner of Bahama Chambers, Baba Dala & Co., Guzape, Abuja.

A former legal adviser to the PDP before joining APC, he is an accomplished legal luminary with wide experience spanning over 36 years of practice who has undoubtedly made a good name in the legal profession.

The successful legal practitioner and grounded politician was a 2023 APC National Screening Committee member.

Barr. Fika was carefully nominated to serve on the APC Presidential Screening Committee that screened and cleared Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the 2023 general election and subsequently elected Nigeria’s president.

 

He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators of the United Kingdom, a Certified Capital Market Solicitor of Nigeria, a Professional member of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, and a member of the Nigeria Business Forum. He specializes in Project Finance Practice.

 

 

 


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