Nigerian Body of Benchers
Type | Professional Association |
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Purpose | Regulate legal professionalism |
Region served | Nigeria |
Membership | Renewable |
Official language | English |
Chairman | Hon. Justice Mary Peter Odili CFR, JSC (Rtd) |
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
Principal officers
The 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
Notable members
- 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
- ^ "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.