PROF YEMI OSINBAJO SAN
VICE PRESIDENT
Federal Republic of Nigeria
He was an Adviser (legal advice and litigation) to the Attorney- General and Minister of Justice, Bola Ajibola from 1988-1992. He was also a member of Cabinet, Lagos State Ministry of Justice, and then he became the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, from 1999 to 2007.
He obtained a Degree in Law from the University of Lagos in 1978. In 1979, he completed the mandatory one-year professional training at the Nigerian Law School whereon he was admitted to practice as a Barrister and Solicitor of Nigeria’s Supreme Court. In 1980, he attended the London School of Economics, where he obtained a Master of Laws degree.
Osinbajo began lecturing at the age of 23. In 1981, he was employed as a law lecturer at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. From 1983 to 1986, he was Senior lecturer of Law at the University of Lagos. In 2007, Osinbajo was made Senior Partner at Simmons Cooper Partners (Barristers and Solicitors), Nigeria. From 2007 to 2013 Osinbajo was once again employed as a Professor of Law, Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos. He was also a Senior lecturer at the Lagos State University.
At AOT Lagos 2,0, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo will be setting the tone for Smart Data, Smarter Lagos.