The man, Yemi Osinbajo

LATEST UPDATE: The man, Yemi Osinbajo

Yemi Osinbajo, Pro­fessor of Law and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), was born 55 years ago. He was educated at the Uni­versity of Lagos and the London School of Eco­nomics and Political Sci­ence where he obtained LLB and LLM degrees.

Osinbajo came into public office in 1999, when he was appointed the Lagos State Attorney General and Com­missioner for Justice at the inception of the Senator Bola Tinubu administration in the state. He was re-appointed to the same position in 2003.

He is credited with the La­gos State justice reform proj­ect, leading to the establish­ment of the Directorate for Citizens’ Rights (DCR), an agency that provides free legal services and legal representa­tion to indigent citizens of the state, who ordinarily would not be able to afford legal ser­vices.

Prior to his public service engagement with the Lagos State Government, Osinbajo was the Head of Department, Public Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Lagos. He was Special Adviser to the At­torney General and Minister of Justice of the Federal Re­public of Nigeria from 1988 and 1992. The Professor of Law had also served as a staff member of the United Nations and Member of the United Nation’s Secretary General’s Committee of Experts on Conduct and Discipline of UN peacekeeping personnel around the globe.

Osinbajo is currently the se­nior partner in the Law Firm of Simmons Cooper Partners and also a pastor at the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), where he pastors Ol­ive Tree House of Prayer for All Nations parish situated in Banana Island.

He is also an ethics advisor to the Ethics Committee of the African Development Bank and a non-executive director of Citibank.

In 2007, the RCCG pas­tor and his wife, Oludolapo, a grandchild of Obafemi Awolo­wo, founded “The Orderly Society Trust,” a non-gov­ernmental organization that is geared towards the promotion of Christian ethics and orderli­ness. He is also a co-founder and board member, Conven­tion on Business Integrity and the Justice Research Institute Ltd and has authored several law books.

Osinbajo is the father of three children.




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