Nigeria’s Supreme Court has debunked a media report showing the list of successful candidates after the second filtration exercise for the conferment of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, saying that the list did not emanate from the apex court.
This is contained in a statement by the Director of Press and Information of the Supreme Court, Dr. Festus Akande.
’’We wish to state clearly that the information is fake, unofficial and untrue. It’s a mere figment of the imagination of the authors who may ostensibly be on a mission to impugn and malign the reputation and integrity of the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee, LPPC, saddled with the responsibility of screening candidates for the position of the SAN with a view to causing confusion and skepticism in the public space’’ the Akande said.
’’The information should be discountenanced by whosoever might have come across it. For the umpteenth time, we wish to let the public know that any information, especially issues regarding the above topic can only emanate from the office of the LPPC Secretary of Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. Anything outside this official source should be disregarded’’ he added.
Dr. Akande further stated that as it has been the practice, all information concerning the LPPC, especially those bordering on the announcement of successful applicants for the award of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, are published in reputable national dailies and this year’ will not be an exception.
’’The perpetrators of such illegal act would be apprehended and given appropriate sanctions to serve as deterrent to others that might be waiting in the queue to do same in the future’’ he echoed
He also gave the assurance that the authentic official list of the successful applicants that emerged from the second filtration exercise will be made public through advertorials in the national dailies in due course.
Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, is a title conferred on a legal practitioner in Nigeria of not less than ten years standing and who has distinguished themselves in the legal profession. It is the equivalent of the rank of Queen’s Counsel in the United Kingdom.
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