The Nigerian Body of Benchers is a professional body concerned with the admission of successful candidates at the Nigerian Law School Bar Final Examination into the Legal Profession. Members of the body are called Benchers. [1] The body also regulate the call of graduate of law school to the Nigerian Bar as well as the regulation of the legal profession in Nigeria.[2]
| Type | Professional Association |
|---|---|
| Purpose | Regulate legal professionalism |
Region served | Nigeria |
Membership | Renewable |
Official language | English |
Chairman | Hon. Justice Mary Peter Odili CFR, JSC (Rtd) |
Principal officers
editThe current Chairman of the body is Hon Justice Mary Peter Odili CFR, JSC (Rtd) who succeeded Chief Wole Olanipekun, OFR, SAN in April 2023. Olanipekun succeeded Hon. Justice Olabode Rhodes Vivour in March of 2022 after a long list of successions including, the past Chairmen such as Hon. Justice Dr. I. T. Muhammad, CFR, 2019, ALH. Bashir M. Dalhatu,2018, Hon. Justice W.S.N Onnoghen, GCON, 2017, Chief Bandele A. Aiku, SAN, 2016 (deceased), Hon. Justice, Mahmud Mohammed, GCON, 2015, Chief T.J.O Okpoko who was elected on March 30, 2014 to succeed Aloma Mariam Mukhtar the Chief Justice of Nigeria and Mahmud Mohammed the vice president at the time.[3][4]
Notable members
edit- Dahiru Musdapher (1942-2018), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
- Aloma Mariam Mukhtar (b. 1944), first female Chief Justice of Nigeria
- Idowu Sofola (1934-2018), President of the Nigerian Bar Association
- Kehinde Sofola (1924-2007), Minister of Justice
- Wole Olanipekun (b. 1951), former President of the Nigerian Bar Association and Senior Advocate of Nigeria
- Okey Wali (b. 1958), the 26th President of the Nigerian Bar Association
- Joseph Bodurin Daudu (b. 1959), former President of the Nigerian Bar Association in 2010-2012
- Kayode Ajulo SAN (b. 1974), Hon. Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Ondo State
- Mudiaga Odje SAN (1923-2005), President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in 1974-1976
- Muiz Banire SAN (b. 1966), three-term commissioner of Lagos State
- Ishaq Bello (b. 1956), Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)
References
edit- ^ "Stop begging for failed law school students, Benchers warn". The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "Sofola emerges Body of Benchers' chairman". The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "Oyinlola, 3,896 Others Pass Nigerian Bar Exam, Articles - THISDAY LIVE". thisdaylive.com. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "Nigeria: CJN Now Chairman Body of Benchers". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
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