By News Desk
The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) under the Chairmanship of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola, has approved the elevation of 87 legal practitioners to the Inner Bar.
Hajo Bello, the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court and Secretary of LPPC disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.
Bello said that the SAN rank is awarded as a mark of excellence to members of the legal profession, who have distinguished themselves as advocates and academics.
Messrs Baba Fika Dalah and Monday Ubani were among the notable names out of the 87 that got the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
Bello said that the LPPC at its 164th plenary session further considered five different petitions written against some of the applicants, and determined that each of the petitions lacked merit and were dismissed.
She noted that the swearing-in ceremony of the 87 successful applicants is scheduled to take place on Sept. 30.
Dalah, 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 no doubt made a good name in the legal profession.
The successful legal practitioner and grounded politician was a member of the 2023 APC National Screening Committee.
Barr. Dalah was carefully nominated to serve on the APC Presidential Screening committee that screened and cleared Sen. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the 2023 general election and subsequently elected Nigeria’s president.
He is 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.
Analyst believe that with the confirmation of Dalah as SAN, no doubt his will bring his wealth of experience to contribute to the growth of the legal profession in Nigeria.
