The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee has barred senior lawyer Mike Ozekhome from parading himself as a Senior Advocate of Nigeria pending the outcome of disciplinary proceedings against him.
Prominent constitutional lawyer Chief Mike Ozekhome has been suspended from using the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria after a decision by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee.
The LPPC said the suspension was taken at its 173rd General Meeting held on June 23, 2026, and would remain in effect pending the determination of disciplinary proceedings against him. In practical terms, the decision means Ozekhome is barred from presenting himself as a Senior Advocate of Nigeria until the process is concluded.
The SAN rank is one of the most prestigious distinctions in Nigeria’s legal profession, and any action affecting it carries weight beyond the individual involved. In Ozekhome’s case, the committee’s decision places one of the country’s best-known legal figures under formal professional sanction while the underlying disciplinary issues are considered.
At this stage, the LPPC’s action is procedural rather than final. The suspension does not amount to a permanent withdrawal of the rank, but it does take immediate effect while the disciplinary process runs its course.
The committee has not, in the reports available, publicly expanded beyond the notice that the suspension is tied to disciplinary proceedings. For now, the immediate consequence is that Ozekhome’s SAN rank remains in abeyance pending the outcome of that process.