Olisa Agbakoba

Quick Facts

Full Name	Olisa Agbakoba
Occupation	Jurist
Date Of Birth	May 29, 1953(1953-05-29)
Age	71
Birthplace	Jos
Country	Nigeria
Birth City	Plateau State
Horoscope	Taurus

Olisa Agbakoba Biography

Olisa Agbakoba is one of the most popular and richest Jurist who was born on May 29, 1953 in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. Olisa Agbakoba was born May 29th, 1953, to the Chief Justice Godfrey Ubaka and Mrs Phina Agbakoba of Jos. Later, he moved into Onitsha at the age of 65, just two years prior to the start of the Nigerian civil war. He was a student at Government Primary School, Jos from 1959 to 1960. Hillcrest School, Jos; 1961, Government Primary School Jos 1962 , 1963; Zixton Public School Ozubulu in 1964, and Christ the King College, Onitsha between 1966 and 1967.

The year 1990 was the time he was awarded by the Roger Baldwin Medal for Civil Liberties. In 1993, he received an award in 1993 with the Human Rights Award of the German Association of Judges and in 1996, he was awarded the Aachen Peace Award.

Olisa Agbakoba, is the former president of the Nigerian Bar Association from 2006 to 2008 and a founding partner of Olisa Agbakoba and Associates, a leading maritime specialist law firm in Lagos. He is also the founder of Nigeria’s foremost human rights organization, the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO). He became known through his work in human rights and democracy movement in Nigeria. He was also the founder of United Action for Democracy and the Zambian pan-African human rights organization AfroNet. He was a defender for the Civil Rights activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa who was executed and was arrested several times because of his pro – democratic activities.

His most renowned publications include Federal High Court Practice Manaul (published by LexisNexis, South Africa) Maritime Newsletter Volumes one and two; Manual on Election Petition in Nigeria; Maritime Cabotage in Nigeria; Bankruptcy Proceedings in Nigeria; Development Law Books (in three volumes ); The Way to A People Constitution in Nigeria; Transcending the Wall: A guide for Prisoners Reform. Other titles include: The legal foundation of the Organization of the African Unity Force in the Chad; Journal of International Law, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs 1981; Journal of Human Rights Law and Practice The Nigerian State Security (detention of persons) Decree No 2 of 1984; Dispelling the myth of Judicial Impotence with Tunde Fagbohunlu (1991) Incursions into the legal profession, the”way out” speech delivered in the forum on Reform of Civil Adjudicative in Lagos in December 1995; the Statute of Limitation in Admiralty Proceedings: A Call for New initiatives in the area of maritime Laws and reforms in Marine Insurance Law, in addition to many others.

Olisa Agbakoba Net Worth

Olisa Agbakoba is one of the richest Jurist from Nigeria. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Olisa Agbakoba 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Agbakoba was also a student at College of Immaculate Conception in Enugu from 1970 until 1972. He also attended the Government College in Ughelli in 1973, University of Nigeria, Nsukka from 1973 until 1977. Nigerian Law School in Lagos in 1978, and the London School of Economics & Political Science from 1979 until 1980.

He has an LLB (Hons) from the University of Nigeria, BL of the Nigerian Law School and LLM (1980) from at the University of London.

Other awards and honours include the receipt of the 15 Great Legal Practitioners of Distinction in Nigeria (1993), Vanguard’ s 40 Outstanding Young Nigerians Award (1993), Fellow and award recipient, Institute of Administrative Management of Nigeria, Co-director, British Council Conference on Managing Human Rights, Abuja, Nigeria, the International Human Rights Award of the American Bar Association, in recognition of extraordinary contributions to the causes of Human Rights, the Rule of Law and Promotion of Access to Justice (1996), Dr. Kwame Nkrumah African Leadership awards in 2006 and FRA Williams Legal Practitioner of the year 2006 amongst others.

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Olisa Ranked on the list of most popular Jurist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Nigeria. Olisa Agbakoba celebrates birthday on May 29 of every year.