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Olamide Ehinfun-Adekunle becomes youngest female Nigerian senior advocate at 40

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Olamide Mojigbotoluwa Ehinfun-Adekunle has become, at 40, the youngest woman to attain the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, a distinction awarded to experienced lawyers. Nigeria’s Chief Justice, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, swore in 68 new holders of the rank, Punch reports, tracing the career of the lawyer educated in Nigeria and the UK.

Olamide Mojigbotoluwa Ehinfun-Adekunle has become, at 40, the youngest woman to receive the title of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), a distinction awarded to Nigerian lawyers. Punch reports that Nigeria’s Chief Justice, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, invested 68 practitioners with the rank.

Born on 25 June 1986 in Kaduna State, Ehinfun-Adekunle is from Ijero-Ekiti in Ekiti State. She studied law at Obafemi Awolowo University.

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