Supreme Court cites error, drops appointee from 72-man SAN list
Supreme Court of Nigeria has dropped one of the lawyers elevated to the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) position announced, Thursday.
The apex court, Friday, said the name was listed in error.
The change comes barely 24 hours after the announcement of a 72-man list of lawyers to be elevated to SAN by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC).
According to the Supreme Court, one of the listed lawyers, Nworka Chidi Benjamin was discovered to have been included in error.
The court through the LPPC said, the inclusion of Nworka Chidi Benjamin was in error.
LPPC Secretary and acting Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Hajia Hajjo Sarki Bello, in a statement, said the name in question was not properly identified.
Bello said while the actual appointee is ‘Osaka, Benjamin Nwora Esq’, he was wrongly identified in the list of Thursday as ‘Nworka Chidi Benjamin Esq,’ and listed as number 43 on the list.
“In the press release issued by this office yesterday, 21st October 2021 announcing the list of successful applicants for the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Nworka, Chidi Benjamin, Esq, listed as No 43 was mistakenly included in the list of advocate appointees.
“The actual successful applicant that ought to be in the said list is Osaka, Benjamin Nwora, Esq.
“The mix-up is highly regretted and we apologise to all persons affected by it,” it said.
The LPPC said it has since come up with a revised list in which the appointees are now listed in order of seniority, with Osaka Benjamin Nwora now listed as number 21.
