Wole Olanipekun

Wole Olanipekun
Born Oluwole Oladapo Olanipekun
(1951-11-18)18 November 1951
Ekiti State, Nigeria
Nationality Nigerian
Citizenship Nigerian
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • Solicitor
  • Activist
Years active July 1975 - present
Awards OFR

Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, OFR (November 18, 1951) is a Nigerian Lawyer and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association.[1][2]

Early life

He attended Amoye Grammar School in Ikere, Ekiti State southwestern Nigeria but obtained the West Africa School Certificate at Ilesa Grammar before he proceeded to the University of Lagos, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in Law.[3][4]

Professional Career

He was Call to the bar on July 1976 after he graduated from the Nigerian Law School and attained the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria on July 1991, the same year he was appointed as Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Ondo State and served in that capacity for two years.[5] In 2002, he was elected as President of the Nigerian Bar Association.[6] In 2003 he was appointed the vice President of the Pan African Lawyers Union.[7] On January 2007, he became a Life benchers, appointed by the Nigerian Body of Benchers.[8] He is currently the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council of the University of Ibadanl between 2004 and 2006. In 2003, he was appointed the vice President of the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU).[9][10]

Membership

References

  1. ↑ daniel. "UNILAG: 30 SANs To Engage FG In Court Over Name Change". INFORMATION NIGERIA. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Unilag is still Unilag". Nigerian Tribune. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Wole Olanipekun - INFORMATION NIGERIA". informationng.com. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Alumni, students urge N'Assembly to disregard UNILAG bill". The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Olanipekun: Portrait of A Legal Luminary, Articles - THISDAY LIVE". thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Celebrating Wole Olanipekun at 59 , Articles - THISDAY LIVE". thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Law Library: Mimiko, Olanipekun commend NDDC member". Vanguard News. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Sofola emerges Body of Benchers' chairman". The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  9. ↑ John Austin Unachukwu. "UI honours ex-NBA chief Olanipekun". The Nation. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Forget Past Injustices Olanipekun Tells UI VC, Articles - THISDAY LIVE". thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
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