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This is a list of notable Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, arranged in alphabetical order.
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• Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, Nigerian Lawyer and Politician. The first Senior Advocate of Nigeria from Kebbi State and former Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Former Supervising Minister, Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity having served from 2013- 2015 and 2014 - 2015. [23]
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Christopher Adebayo Ojo, SAN is a former Attorney General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. As such, he is also a past head of the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Justice. He is a legal practitioner and is licensed to practise in Nigeria, England and Wales. He is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria.
Chief Frederick Rotimi Alade Williams, QC, SAN was a prominent Nigerian lawyer who was the first Nigerian to become a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. In the 1950s, he was a member of the Action Group and subsequently became the minister for local government and justice. He was the president of the Nigerian Bar Association in 1959. He left politics in the 1960s, as a result of the political crisis in the Western Region of Nigeria.
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Fabian Ikenna Ajogwu, OFR, SAN, is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, legal author, and governance advisor. He is Nigeria's first professor of corporate governance and holds a full professorship with the Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University, where he has taught continuously since 2000.
Lateef Olufemi Okunnu is a Nigerian lawyer and former pro-chancellor and chairman governing council of the University of Agriculture, Makurdi.
Yemi Akinseye George, SAN is a Nigerian professor of public law and president of the Center for Socio-Legal Studies. He is the principal partner of Yemi Akinseye-George & Partners, a firm which provides qualitative legal and consultancy services to individuals, corporate bodies, and governments within and outside Nigeria.
Oluyemi Oluleke Osinbajo is a Nigerian lawyer, professor, and politician who served as the 14th vice president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), he previously served as Attorney General of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007 and holds the title of Senior Advocate of Nigeria.
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Chief Idowu Sofola, SAN, MON was a Nigerian jurist, Bencher and president of the Nigerian Bar Association. He was Previously the Chairman of the Nigerian Body of Benchers.
Chief Kehinde Sofola, QC, SAN, MON, CON was a prominent Nigerian Jurist and Minister of Justice during the Second Nigerian Republic.
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Chief Joseph Bodurin Daudu, SAN, is a prominent Nigerian Jurist, Bencher and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association.
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Eyimofe Doyle Atake, is a Nigerian lawyer. He was named a Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 1999.
Franklin Oritse-Mueyiwa Atake known by his initials FOM Atake was a Nigerian Jurist and Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from 1979 to 1983 during the Nigerian Second Republic.