Good morning #ChangeAgents: Below are facts you should know about the man who will be Nigeria’s Vice President if Buhari emerges the winner of 2015 presidential elections: 1. Pastor: Yemi Osinbajo is a Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Olive Tree House of Prayer for All Nations in Banana Island. 2. Scholar: Yemi Osinbajo was educated at the University of Lagos, Nigeria (LLB, 1978) and the London School of Economics (LLM, 1980). 3. Professor: Yemi Osinbanjo is a professor of law and also a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN). He is a member of the International Bar Association and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and has served in the Nigerian Body of Benchers and the Council for Legal Education of Nigeria. He was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 1979. 4. Lawyer: Yemi Osinbajo is a Senior Partner in Simmons-Cooper Partners law firm. He supervises the commercial litigation group at SimmonsCooper Partners (SCP), a leading commercial litigation and corporate commercial firm in Nigeria. 5. Public Servant: Yemi Osinbajo served as the Special Adviser to the Attorney General of Nigeria from 1988 to 1992. In 1999, he became the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Lagos state. He was reappointed for a second term in 2003. 6. Author: Yemi Osinbajo has written and co-authored (and edited) several books and publications. Some of his books and publications are: “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”. 7. Adviser: Yemi Osinbajo serves as an independent director of CitiBank Nigeria and an ethics adviser to the board of the Africa Development Bank. 8. Diplomat: Yemi Osinbajo has served in various capacities within the United Nations Organisation. 9. Family Man: Yemi Osinbajo is a married man who lives in Lagos with his wife, Oludolapo and three children. The more you know, the better informed you are! #APYF
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 05:52:25 +0000
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