David Williams
The Ekiti State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Dayo Apata, SAN on Thursday, October 2, 2025 received the Hon. Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of Abia State, Mr. Ikechwuku Uwanna, SAN in his office in Ado-Ekiti.
Playing host to his counterpart from Abia State, Mr. Dayo Apata, SAN used the occasion to congratulate Mr. Ikechukwu Uwanna, SAN on his recent conferment with the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN and wished him the very best as he joins the inner bar.
Mr Apata also shared ideas on innovations of his Ministry with Uwanna, stating that, the Ministry having recognized the usefulness of technology in contemporary legal practice, sought and obtained the approval of the Ekiti State government to subscribe for an Electronic Law Report for all the lawyers in the Ministry.
He went further to say that the Ministry is also considering buying into the Case Management Platform for daily report on ongoing court cases involving the State via a dedicated platform.
In his response, the Abia State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ikechukwu Uwanna said he was inspired by the trajectory of Apata.
He thanked him and the management of the Ekiti State Ministry of Justice for the warm reception and noted that he was in Ekiti to learn and take notes.
The Abia State Attorney General further assured that he would replicate the new ideas gathered from the Ekiti State Ministry of Justice upon his return to his domain.
Mr Uwanna also commended the infrastructure on ground at the Ekiti State Ministry of Justice, describing it as impressive and inspiring.
The Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary of the Ekiti State Ministry of Justice, Mr Sunday Bamise who was also part of the management team that received the Attorney-General of Abia State shed more light on special departments within the Ministry which are not common in other States such as the Department of Chieftaincy Affairs which attends to Chieftaincy issues and the Department of Law Review which collates Laws for the use of other Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the State government particularly the Law Reform Commission.
Directors present during the visit include Mr. Folorunso Ajayi, Mr. Julius Ajibare, Mr. Herbert Adeyemi, Mrs. Titilayo Adebayo, Mr. Felix Akinola, Mr. Abayomi Adeniji and Mrs Sola-Salami.
