The rank of lawyers in Nigeria has further swelled as a total of 1,785 candidates were called to bar.
The low-key ceremony by the Body of Benchers took place Tuesday in Abuja .
Five of the 1,785 candidates infected into the the Nigerian Bar finished at the top of the class with first class results.
76 finished in the Second Class Upper category; 633 had Second Class Lower while 1,065 had pass.
In addition, 16 students were awarded different prizes.
The best overall male student of the 2019/2020 year award was won by Olalere Yusuf Asamu while the best overall female student of the year 2019/2020 went to Adebayo Deborah Ibukunoluwa.
One of the award winners, Haruna Joy Salami, ran away with the prize of the second best student in Property Law Practice, donated by Chief Frederick Rotimi Williams, CFR, SAN.
Earlier parents, guardians and well-wishers were barred from attending the call-to-bar ceremony by the Body of Benchers due to the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Those called to bar were the successful candidates who sat the January 2020 Bar final examination of the Nigerian Law School.
The Body of Benchers, which regulates the admission of successful law students into the legal profession, until this time, wascused to giving each aspiring lawyer the privilege of inviting two persons to attend the call-to-bar ceremony.
This ceremony, unlike the previous ones, held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, took place at the Eagle Square, Abuja, and lasted for one and a half hours.
