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Human Rights Lawyer Festus Keyamo Finally Confirmed As A Senior Advocate Of Nigeria
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has approved prominent human rights lawyer, Festus Keyamo, along with 29 others as Senior Advocates Of Nigeria (SAN). Keyamo was shortlisted in 2014, 2015 and 2016, but failed to make the final cut.Others approved were the Attorney-General of Kwara State, Mr Lamaldeen Adeyemi Ajibade, the former DG of the National […]
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has approved prominent human rights lawyer, Festus Keyamo, along with 29 others as Senior Advocates Of Nigeria (SAN). Keyamo was shortlisted in 2014, 2015 and 2016, but failed to make the final cut.
Others approved were the Attorney-General of Kwara State, Mr Lamaldeen Adeyemi Ajibade, the former DG of the National Copyrights Commission, Professor Adebambo Adewopo and the Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. In all, 156 lawyers applied, 72 were shortlisted and only 30 were approved by the NJC.
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