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Olugbemi. Adeyinka Ogunleye
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Body Of Benchers: Senate Leader Bamidele, Ozekhome Others Confirmed Life Benchers
The Body of Benchers, currently chaired by Adegboyega Awomolo, has confirmed the Leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele, human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome and 13 other prominent legal practitioners as life members of the prestigious body.
The confirmation was formally announced on Thursday, January 23, 2025, at the meeting of the body held at its head office in Abuja. Among others, the body further confirmed the Director General of Nigerian Law School, Prof. Isa Chiroma, Emir of Lafia, Justice Sidi Bage, retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Ejembi Eko, and former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking Persons in Africa, Prof. Joy Ngozi Ezeilo as life benchers.
With the newly confirmed life benchers, the total number of life benchers in the country has now risen to 170, a cap set for the next five years before new life members would be admitted into the body of practitioners of the highest distinction in the legal profession.
The elevation of the new life benchers is obviously in recognition of their outstanding contribution to the development of the legal profession in the country and for upholding the integrity and excellence of the legal profession.
Bamidele, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters in the ninth National Assembly, was first appointed into the Body of Benchers as a Bencher in November 2019. His tenure as the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Legal Matters witnessed remarkable reforms, working closely with the leadership of the judicial and executive arms of the government.
Credit: Guardian
