A genius, Fatima Bombom Sani, made history on Wednesday, 21 October 2015
when she was honoured with standing ovation by the Chief Justice of
Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mahmud Mohammed, other members of the Body of
Benchers (BOB) and the Council of Legal Education (CLE), other
dignitaries and the new wigs (her colleagues just called to Bar).
Fatima
broke existing record in the Nigeria Law School by bagging nine
separate awards compared to existing record of seven awards ever
received at the Call to Bar of Nigerian Law School.
The awards
include the “Best Student of the Year (1st Prize)’’ donated by Sir
Adetokunbo Ademola , Dr. Taslim Elias and Justice Atanda
Fatayi-Williams; the ‘’Council of Education Star Award’’; Corporate Law
Practice donated by Chief Adegboyega Awomolo SAN; Best Overall Female
Student of the year award donated by National Association of Women
Judges; and Best Female Student in Criminal Litigation award donated by
Mrs. Oluwatoyin Doherty.
The rest are Best Student in Civil and
Criminal Litigation award donated by Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama SAN; and
the prize for 1st Class Students donated by the Director General of the
Nigerian Law School (NLS).
Born to the family of Mr and Mrs Engr
Abel A. Sani 26 years ago, Fatima hails from Adavi-Ege in Adavi LGA of
Kogi State and attended University of Abuja where she had her LLB with
Second Class (Upper).