LPPC shortlists Baba Dala Fika, Adamu Abubakar, N. M Duru, 95 others for SAN

The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has shortlisted Baba Dala Fika, a chieftain of APC and former legal adviser of the PDP with 97 others for the award of the prestigious title of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).

Also among the 98 lawyers pencilled down for the prestigious award are members of the Kano bar, Adamu Abubakar and Nnodim Marcellinus Duru, among others.

SolaceBase reports that the senior advocate position in Nigeria is highly coveted by Nigerian legal practitioners.

The shortlisted applicants were in two categories of Advocacy and Academia.

This was contained in a press statement issued in Abuja by the Secretary of LPPC, Harjo Sarki Bello, on Tuesday night.

Baba Dala Fika , if he finally got bestowed with the title will be the second indigene of Yobe State to become a SAN.

Baba Fika was a member of the APC National Screening Committee that screened and cleared Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to contest the 2023 General election.

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He was enrolled as Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria on 3rd November, 1988. He is the Principal Partner of Bahama Chambers, Baba Dala & Co., located in Guzape, Abuja.

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 is a specialist in Project Finance Practice.

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The list contains 87 practising lawyers and 11 legal academics.

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See the full list below:

Legal practitioners

Lateef Olaseinde Karim

Godwin Tagbo Ike

Johnson Odionu

Nnodum Marcellinus Duru

Innocent Adams Ovbagbedia

Soronnadi Anthony Njoku

Adamu Abubakar

Charles Oyaole Musa

Udochi Nunny Iheanacho

David Dare Onietan

Elele Chinatu Casmir

Joseph Rapuluchuks Nduka

Godwin Ikechukwu Obeta

Habeeb Orisavbia Ilavbare

Moses Kolade Obafemi

Mathew Echezonam Esonanjor

Baba Fika Dala

Babatunde Ademoye Sodipo

Mustapha Ikhegbe Abubakar

Emmanuel Ibhagbemien Esene

Henry Adedayo Bello

Boniface Chinedu Moore

Clement Amechi Ezika

Omokayode Adebayo Dada

Edwin Anikwem

Roy Ogbonnaya Umahi Nwaeze

Olumide Oniyire Olugbenga

Monday Onyekachi Ubani

Ayoola Olufemi Ajayi

Paul Chukwuma Obi

Olasupo Dominic Ati-John

Cole Segun Ololade

Charles Ayodeji Adeogun-Phillips

Okechukwu Kingsley Ajunwa

Jacob Ocheogu Ifere

Emmanuel Aderemi Adekile

Christopher Ehumadu Okeke

Waziristan Yusha’u Mamman

Oluronke Adeyemi

Oluwole Olawale Afolabi

Toboukebide Kekemeke

Akinbamigbe Adesomoju

Victor Owarienomare Odjemu

Joseph Ojochide Daniel-Ebune

Olukunle Ogheneovo Edun

Abdulaziz Enebi Ibrahim

Stanley Chidozie Imo

Charles Oladipo Titiloye

Abduljarim Kana Abubakar

Kingsley Chuku

Ladeyinka Oluwaseun Aderemi

Olaolu Akintunde Owolabi

Adedeji Sharafadeen Abdulkadir

Idowu Omotunde Benson

Kolawole James Olowookere

Chinasa Thelma Unaegbunam

Ademola Oluwawolemi Esan

Omosanya Atilola Popoola

Taiye Ayotunde Oniyide

Emonye Oga Adekwu

Aderemi Oguntoye

Kashopefoluwa Olawale Balogun

Abdul Adamu

Theodore Okey Ezeobi

Rilwan Birnin Kebbi Umar

Chinenye Ifeanyichukwu Okafor

Kaka Shehu Lawan

Abba Muhammed

Wendy Nwenenda Kuku

Ekele Enyinnaya Iheanacho

Okechukwu George Edeze

Akinyemi Oluwole Olujinmi

Gyang Yaya Zi

Idris Abubakar

George Ibrahim

Boonyameen Babajide Lawal.

Legal academics

Terkaa Jeremiah Aondo

Tochukwu Peter Tochukwu

Uchenna Uzo Njoku

Paul Babatunde Daudu

Chukwudi Kachikwu Enebeli

Yusuf Olatunji Ogunrinde

Tobechukwu Kenechukwu Nweke

Ademola Kamardeen Abimbola

Yunus Abdulsalam

Mofesomo Ayodeji Tayo-Oyetibo

Chukwuemeka Agamadodaigwe Nnawuchi.