Popular human rights lawyer, Mr. Festus Keyamo, was dropped from the list of those to be conferred with the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) because he fell short of the requirements for the award, Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Mr. Sunday Olorundahunsi, has said.

News of the nomination of the Lagos-based Keyamo had been positively received in legal and media circles, only for his name to be missing when 17 out of the 109 lawyers screened were conferred with the rank yesterday in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.

Olorundahunsi, who did not give further details, also disclosed that no female lawyer met the criteria set by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC), which determines eligibility for the award.

The approved recipients of the award, a mark of excellence of the legal profession in Nigeria, are as follows:

(1) Dr. Olu Onagoruwa

(2) Prof Joash O. Amupitan

(3) Olusola Olaseni Idowu

(4) Dr. Ernest M. Ojukwu

(5) Ahamefula I. E. Ejelam

(6) Chike G. Onyemenam

(7) Tawo E. Tawo

(8) O. O. Adejuyigbe

(9) S. A. Ogwemoh

(10) Dr. A. A. Olawoyin

(11) Dr. J. O. Olatnke

(12) T. O. Busari

(13) Kevin C. Nwufo

(14) Dr. Amuda-Kannike Abiodun

(15) Oluwakemi A. Balogun

(16) Hakeem O. Afolabi

(17) Gerald G. E. Ezeuko

•Photo shows Festus Keyamo.