Gov. Babatunde Raji Fashola (Senior SAN) vs Aondoakaa (Junior SAN), "I am not your mate"

THE Oceanview, Expo Centre, Eko Hotel, venue of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) annual general conference, witnessed a drama on Monday, as the Lagos State governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), told the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Michael Aondoakaa, that he was his senior in judicial hierarchy.
The statement came following the remarks of the minister in his opening speech that he was made a Senior Advocate of Nigeria the same year with Governor Fashola and that they had been good friends since then.
However, Fashola said that Aondoakaa was not among the lawyers that were made senior advocates in 2004, when he bagged the SAN but that the minister became a SAN later with another set of lawyers.
Fashola said: “In matters of seniority in the Inner Bar we were not elevated the same year as Senior Advocate of Nigeria at the Bar, I was elevated in 2004, not the same year with you. Yours came much later.”
According to the governor, the issue of seniority in the law profession was taken with passion, noting that he became SAN in 2004, when he was the Chief of Staff to former Governor Bola Tinubu while Aondoakaa became SAN in 2006.
His disclosure generated reactions in the audience as they blamed the minister of justice for making claims when he did not have accurate records of events.