Fani-Kayode rejects NLS senior counsel rank

Punch Nigeria · Olugbenga Ige · 2026-11-06 13:07 UTC

Nigeria’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Ambassador Femi Fani-Kayode, has rejected the purported conferment of the Senior Counsel of Nigeria rank, also known as Blue Silk, on him by the Nigerian Law Society.

Nigeria’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Ambassador Femi Fani-Kayode, has rejected the purported conferment of the Senior Counsel of Nigeria rank, also known as Blue Silk, on him by the Nigerian Law Society.

The former Minister of Aviation said he neither authorised nor approved the acceptance of the designation, describing the circumstances surrounding the development as an administrative misjudgment.

In a statement issued on Friday by his Special Assistant on Media, Lizzy Okoji, Fani-Kayode explained that members of his staff represented him at the event after his office received an invitation from the society.

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