The Supreme court has short-listed 137 lawyers for conferment with the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
Acting Chief Registrar of Supreme Court and Secretary of the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) , Hajo Sarki, in a statement issued on Wednesday, said that the 137 short-listed candidates are emerged at advocate filtration stages and academic pre-qualification exercise.
Sarki said all qualified candidates short-listed are graded under the category system of the LPPC Guidelines, 2018.
He said, “The general public is at liberty to comment on the integrity, reputation and competence of the candidates.
Sarki added that any complaint (s) presented to the LPPC “must be accompanied with a verifying affidavit deposed to before a Court of Record in Nigeria.
“Please be informed that in relation to paragraph 12 (2). of the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee Guidelines, 2018, twenty copies of such comments or complaints must be received at the office of the Secretary, Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee not later than 4.00pm on Tuesday 13th October, 2020 or email: enquirieslppcnigeri@gmail.com.”
No fewer than 116 out of the 137 are practising lawyers while 21 are from the academia.
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