Two eminent lawyers from Oyo State who are senior advocates, Ahmed Raji and Seun Abimbola, have been nominated into the body of benchers.
Ahmed and Abimbola are among the 10 lawyers nominated by the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA.
Ahmed Raji, a legal titan, hails from Iseyin, while Abimbola who was chairman of Ibadan bar and commissioner for justice under the administration of late former governor Abiola Ajimobi hails from Ibadan.
This was just as the Body of Benchers has approved their nomination, at its meeting on Thursday in Abuja.
The names of nominees approved yesterday include;
- Miannaya Essien SAN, CArb
- Ahmed Adeniyi Raji, SAN, FCIArb
- Sir Steve Ojomeko Zakar Adehi, SAN, FCIArb
- Olawole Fapohunda, SAN
- Chief J. Akingbola Akinola, SAN, FCIArb
- Linda Rose Bala (Mrs.)
- Adesina Adegbite, Esq.
- Amina Ka’oje Suleiman
- Ndukwe Nnawuchi, SAN
- Olusegun Mobolaji Abimbola, SAN
