By Abdulwahab Abdulah

LAGOS—The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has said it call on the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) to address the controversies trailing the appointment of lawyers into the rank of the Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) is sancosant.

The national officers of the association, at a meeting in Kaduna, recently, said it is in support of a letter written by its president, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), to the chairman of the privileges committee who is also the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Idris Kutigi.

Akeredolu had asked  Kutigi to convey a meeting in finding solution to the agitation of lawyers calling for the abolition of the rank of senior advocate.

According to a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Muritala Abdul-Rasheed, the NBA stated: “The attention of the Nigerian Bar Association has been drawn to newspaper reports of a purported apology issued by some national officers of the association in respect of a letter written by the NBA President to the Chief Justice of Nigeria regarding appointments to the position of Senior Advocate of Nigeria.

“At the national officers meeting of the NBA in Kaduna on Tuesday, November 3,  the purported apology was roundly deprecated as not representing the views of the  national officers and indeed, the association, but as the clear and unfortunate handiwork of some officers who have other interests to serve beside the interest of the association.”