Blow for NBA as ex-President conferred with controversial Blue Silks rank

A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Chief Ebele Nwokoye, has been conferred with the controversial Blue Silks rank, which was introduced as an alternative to the Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, title for non-litigation lawyers in Nigeria.
The NBA had opposed the introduction of the Blue Silks rank of Senior Counsel of Nigeria, describing the title as illegal. The NBA, which confers the SAN title through its Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee, LPPC, warned that Nigerian lawyers who take up the Blue Silks rank risk severe sanctions.
The introduction of the Blue Silks is the subject of a legal battle between the NBA and promoters of the rank, the Association o...