Professor Ernest Ojukwu, SAN, has called on the lawyers newly conferred with the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria to thread with caution as the covid-19 pandemic is real
According to him, the covid-19 increase is real. He urged them to emulate the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) and celebrate in a low key
“NEW SAN conferment on 14Dec- New SANs should follow the eg of CJN. Hold ltd low keyed celebrations. Thou shall not kill. Show good leadership. COVID Spike in Nigeria is Real.” he tweeted
Recall that the Supreme Court of Nigeria has said that in compliance with the COVID-19 protocols, families and well wishers of the 72 newly appointed SANs won’t be allowed into the venue of the inauguration ceremony to hold December 14 adding that interested member of the public would be able to monitor the events live on various media platforms.
TNL recalls that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) had on Sunday 6th December recorded 318 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 69,255.
The 318 new cases were reported from 14 states- Lagos (104), Kaduna (59), FCT (50), Rivers (17), Ogun (16), Kano (14), Nasarawa (14), Akwa Ibom (10), Katsina (10), Edo (7), Oyo (5), Sokoto (5), Plateau (4), Taraba (3)
