LAGOS, Federal Republic of Nigeria. Nigeria Council of Legal Education, on Thursday, said a total of 1,805 resit and regular students of the Nigerian Law School failed the 2015 final examination.
The development meant those affected would not be called to Bar in October.
This was disclosed by the council when it released the results of the Bar final resit examinations conducted in April 2015 and the Bar final examinations of April entry (2014/2015 school year) regular students, conducted in May 2015.
The call to Bar ceremonies have been fixed for October 20 and 22 in Abuja.
The council also said for the resit examinations, a total of 2,736 students participated, while 1,648 representing 60.2 per cent of the students were successful.
A statement from the council, signed by its Director-General, O.A. Onadeko, indicated that 98 candidates (3.6 per cent) recorded conditional pass, while a total of 990 students, representing 36.2 per cent failed.
The council also indicated that in the May 2015 Bar final examinations for regular students, 2,852 students took part with four candidates emerging with First Class.
They are Sani Fatima Bombom (Abuja campus), Mbonu Genevieve Chinyeaka (Lagos campus), Olowu Adetutu Abisoye (Lagos campus) and Abajou Reason Emma (Enugu campus).
The council also informed that 109 students passed in the Second Class Upper category, 418 graded in Second Class Lower, 1,422 graded in Pass, 83 with Conditional Pass, while 815 failed.
By this, 68.5 per cent passed, 2.9 per cent had conditional pass while 28.6 per cent failed.
Credit: Tribune (Nigeria)
