Moyosore Onigbanjo
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Moyosore Onigbanjo is a lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN.He is the 16th Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Lagos State.[1][2]
Moyosore Onigbanjo SAN | |
|---|---|
| 16th Attorney General of Lagos State | |
| Assumed office 22nd August 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Mosediq Kashim Adeniji |
Early Life and Education
Moyosore jubril Onigbanjo, was born to a middle-class family on September 24, 1964 in Surulere, Lagos. He attended Sunnyfield Primary school, and later St' Finbarr's College, Yaba, He gained admission and studied law at the University of Ilorin in 1983 but earned his LLB Hons degree in 1988 from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife after the faculty was cancelled at University of Ilorin in 1986 by the National Universities Commission, he then went to Harvard Law School for two Executive Courses on Negotiation and Leadership and thereafter, Difficult Conversation both in 2017.[3][4]
Career
He was called bar by the Nigerian Law School in 1989. Onigbanjo was an NYSC corp member when he cut his legal teeth at Akin Delana & Co. in Ibadan, and then became an associate with Profesor A.B Kasumu. He was appointed a Notary Public in March 31, 2001 and later appointed Council Member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Section on Business Law ( SBL) on March 30, 2011, He was a member of the National Executive Committee of the NBA between 2010-2012, in September 2013 Hon. Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar GCON conferred on him with the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria. On August 22nd he was sworn in by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the 16th Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice.[5]
References
- ^ "Behold new Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice". thenationonlineng. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "ONIGBANJO SWORN-IN AS NEW LAGOS STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL COMMISSION FOR JUSTICE". Lagos State Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "Meet the attorney general". Lagos State Minstry of Justice. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "How my Middle-Class family background influenced my Choice of Career - Onigbanjo". TVC News Nigeria. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "LIST: Lagos State Commissioners and Special Advisers – 2019 — 2023". Premium Times NG. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
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