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.
