LASU: 9 Alumni Elevated To The Bench

VC, PROF. OLATUNJI-BELLO, CELEBRATES AS NINE LASU LAW ALUMNI GET APPOINTMENT AS JUDGES OF LAGOS HIGH COURT.
Number  is the highest ever recorded at a given time in LASU’s history.

The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, mni, NPOM, has expressed her excitement at the appointment of nine (9) alumni of the Faculty of Law of the institution as judges of the Lagos High Court.
The alumni are: Hon. Justice Sunmonu Tunde Bashiru, Hon. Justice Alebiosu Olawale Lawal, Hon. Justice Anjorin-Ajose Tanimola Abdulwaheed, Hon. Justice Muyodeen Abdul-Raheem Tejumade, Hon. Justice George Alfred Akingbola, Hon. Justice Balogun Adegboyega Ganiu, Hon. Justice Badejo-Okusanya Yewande Jokotola, Hon. Justice Ojuromi Nalirat Olayinka Oluwatosin and Hon. Justice Adewale Russel Musiliu.
The nine were part of the thirteen judges recently appointed into the Lagos State High Court, a feat made more remarkable by the fact that the number is the highest ever recorded from the university at any given time in history.Prof. Olatunji-Bello, while congratulating the new judges noted that an appointment into such an exalted position was not a mean feat, but a testament of their hard work, sacrifice and dedication to the noble profession – Law, as well as their impactful contributions to the Lagos State judiciary.
She further ascribed the feat of the judges to, amongst other things, the solid foundation of excellence at the Faculty of Law of the university upon which they built their respective careers while urging them to be above board and serve with the fear of God in their new positions.
Recall that 10 graduates of the Faculty of Law also recently bagged first class degrees at the Nigerian Law School final Bar Examinations in February this year.

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