Legal Business Team was at the Supreme Court of Nigeria venue of the conferment of the rank of Senior Advocate
Legal Business Team was at the Supreme Court of Nigeria venue of the conferment of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) on 68 legal practitioners, last week Monday, October 12, 2026. Chinedum Umeche, a Partner at the law firm, Banwo & Ighodalo (B&I), was among the newly sworn-in SANs.
Wale Edun, former Minister of Finance & Coordinating Minister for the Economy (4th from left), Akintunde Oyebode, Hon. Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development, Ekiti State (3rd from right), Chinedum Umeche the new SAN (middle) with some B&I Partners.Front row, sitting from left: Asue Ighodalo (Founding Partner), Chinedum Umeche (Partner and the new SAN), Abimbola Akeredolu, SAN (Partner), Femi Olubanwo (Founding Partner), and standing, Kemi Ajayi (Chief Operating Officer). Back row, standing from left: Kehinde Ojuawo (Partner), Akindeji Oyebode (Partner), Ayotunde Owoigbe (Partner), Stella Duru (Partner), Ken Etim (Managing Partner), Seyi Bella (Partner), Toyin Bashir (Partner), Ayodele Adeyemi-Faboya (Partner), Tunji Adeyemi (Partner), and Lamide Oshikoya (Partner).Chinedum Umeche, SAN with Abimbola Akeredolu, SAN, flanked by Asue Ighodalo (sitting, left), Ken Etim (standing, middle) and Femi Olubanwo (sitting, right).From left: Asue Ighodalo, Toyin Bashir, Hon. Justice Donatus Okorowo (Justice of the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, representing the President of the Court of Appeal), Chinedum Umeche (the new SAN), Jumoke Oduwole (Hon. Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment), Hon. Justice Uchechukwu Onyemenam (Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Calabar Judicial Division), and Femi Olubanwo.
