APC Presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari has chosen erudite
scholar, former Attorney General of Lagos state, and Pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Prof. Yemi
Osibajo as his running mate for next year's general election.
Professor Yemi Osinbajo is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN and Senior
Partner in the Law firm of Simmons Cooper Partners. Yemi Osibanjo is a
professor of law and was the head of department of Public Law at the
University of Lagos (1997-1999).
His
tertiary education was at the University of Lagos and the London School
of Economics and Political Science obtaining the LLB and LLM degrees
respectively.
Previously
served as the Special Adviser to the Attorney General of Nigeria
(1988-1992), he later became the Attorney General and Commissioner for
Justice of Lagos State in 1999 reappointed for a second term in 2003.
During the period of his public service, he commenced the Lagos State
justice reform project. A prominent feature of that project was the
establishment of the Directorate for Citizens’ Rights (DCR) which
provides free legal services and legal representation to indigent
citizens of the state. This initiative gave a voice to many who would
otherwise not have a way to access their rights.
Prior to that appointment, Osinbajo, a Professor of Law, was the Head of Public Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Lagos.
He
is also the Ethics Adviser to the Advisory Board of the African
Development Bank and is a non-executive Director of Citibank. He has
served in various roles within the United Nations, United Nations Centre
on Transnational Corporations, the United Nations African Institute for
Crime Prevention, the International Criminal court for Rwanda in
Arusha, Tanzania, the department of Peacekeeping operations and the
United Nations Peace Operations in Somalia.
Prof.
Osibajo is Co-founder & Board Member Convention on Business
Integrity and the Justice Research Institute Ltd. In 2007, Prof. and his
wife Oludolapo founded “The Orderly Society Trust”, a non-governmental
organization that is dedicated to the promotion of Christian ethics and
orderliness.
Professor
Osibajo has authored, co-authored and edited several books and
publications including “The Unification and Reform of the Nigerian
Criminal Law and Procedure Codes” ; “Law Development and
Administration”; “The Annotated Civil Procedure rules of The Superior
Courts in Nigeria”; and “Cross Examination: A Trial Lawyer’s Most Potent
Weapon”.
He
also pastors at Olive Tree House of Prayer for All Nations, Banana
Island, a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God and lives in
Lagos with his wife and three children.
