The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee, LPPC, has been asked to withdraw Mike Ozekhome’s suspension from the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, pending the outcome of his prosecution by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Offenses Commission, ICPC, which has been taken over by the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF.
The decision to suspend Ozekhome’s SAN rank was taken at the 173rd general meeting of the LPPC, held on June 23, 2026.
The LPPC, in a statement signed by its Secretary and Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Kabir Akanbi, said the suspension is intended to safeguard the integrity, dignity and prestige of the SAN rank. The statement added that the action was taken in line with Paragraph 26(6) of the Guidelines for the Conferment of the Rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, pending the final determination of disciplinary proceedings presently before the Disciplinary and Ethics Sub-Committee of the LPPC.
However, lawyers under the aegis of the Association of Legislative Drafting and Advocacy Practitioners, ALDRAP, have said the suspension is sub-judice as it concerns issues that are subject of an ongoing court case and therefore should be withdrawn until the judgment is delivered.
The lawyers made the demand in Freedom of Information, FOI, request addressed to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, who serves as Chairman of LPPC, and the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, who serves as Secretary of the LPPC. The FOI request was signed by ALDRAP Administrative Secretary, Jesse Williams
