The number of lawyers qualified to practise rose on Tuesday with the admission of 3,433 graduates of the Nigerian Law School (NLS) to Bar in Abuja.
Notable among them were the grandson of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Adedamilotun Oluwapelumi Aderemi, daughter of Ondo State Governor Olusegun Mimiko, Bibitayo Omolayo and former President, National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS), Ini Ememobong.
NLS’S Director-General, Olanrewaju Onadeko, said four of the successful candidates came out with first class, 96 in second class upper division, 620 placed in second class lower division while 2, 697 were in pass grade.
He urged the new wigs to adhere to the norms and ethics of the profession. Onadeko said the country was known to produce eminent international jurists, scholars and legal experts.
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