Wodu, A Homegrown SAN, Says Gov. Diri
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has described Barr. Kemasuode Wodu as a 'homegrown' Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
Wodu, a former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in the state, is among 72 legal practitioners in the country conferred with the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday.
Speaking at a reception in his honour in Abuja, Governor Diri said he had always referred to Wodu as a SAN in waiting.
The Bayelsa chief executive noted that unlike other SANs the state had produced, Wodu largely practised in Bayelsa and Rivers states and showed that he also had the qualities for the exalted rank.
He said: "At 25, Bayelsa has now produced five SANs. One is however late.
"I had always called Wodu a SAN in waiting. But I see him as a...