23/10/2021
CATHOLIC PRIEST MAKES HISTORY AS FIRST SENIOR ADVOCATE OF NIGERIA, (SAN) DESIGNATE
October 23, 202129
CATHOLIC PRIEST MAKES HISTORY AS FIRST SENIOR ADVOCATE OF NIGERIA, (SAN) DESIGNATE
Reverend Father Edwin Obiorah has made history in the Catholic Priesthood by becoming the first Senior Advocate of Nigeria, (SAN) designate.
The Nigerialawyer reports that the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee on Thursday announced the elevation of 72 persons to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria.
A breakdown of the list included 10 academics and 62 advocates.
Father Edwin Obiorah, is one of 72 lawyers made SAN or Queen’s Counsel (QC) in history of the entire Commonwealth and the United States.
Obiorah and 71 others will be sworn in on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, at the Supreme Court, Abuja.
ABOUT REV.FR.DR. E.S.C. OBIORAH, SAN, (DESIGNATE)
Rev. Fr. Dr. Edwin Sunday Chukwujekwu Obiorah popularly known as Edwin Obiorah is a Priest of the Roman Catholic Church and a Lawyer of very high repute. He was born on June 26, 1955 to Chief Timothy Obiorah Anakudo and Mrs. Esther Obiorah Anakudo. Edwin Obiorah is a native of Igbuala Village, Ifite-Ukpo(Ifitedunu) in Dunukofia Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria.
EARLY EDUCATION
Edwin Obiorah had his early Education at St. Simon?s Catholic School, Ukpo, in Anambra State. His early Education was however interrupted by the Nigerian/Biafran War in 1967.
In 1968, Edwin Obiorah was miraculously saved from being bombed by one of the Nigerian bomber crafts. This was when he was taken to Awkuzu refugee medical centre at St. Raphael?s Catholic, Awkuzu due to illness and a bomb was dropped on their building barely minutes after he left his bed.
In June 1968, he was lucky to be among those children included by the then Biafran Government to travel to Gabon for Medical treatment. When he got to Libreville, Gabon, he was selected to go to the city of Mouila, Gabon to continue his Primary Education. At Moila, he fou