Aiteo Appoints Olanipekun, Agabi, Five Other SANs into Nigerian Legal Team

As parts of their determination to engage reputable local and international law firms to defend their legal and politicallymotivated cases, the Aiteo Group and its Executive Vice Chairman, Mr. Benedict Peters have appointed top Nigerian lawyers to complement their international representation efforts within the country.

The team, led by Chief Wole Olanipekun, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), comprises senior lawyers - Kanu Agabi (SAN) and Chief Akin Olujinmi (SAN), both former Attorneys General and Ministers of Justice of the Federation.

Other senior lawyers in the team include, renowned constitutional and human rights lawyer Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN, Messrs Paul Usoro (SAN), Rotimi Ogunesi (SAN) and A U Mustapha (SAN).

Others lawyers include Ebenezer Obeya, Chief Andrew Oru, Mrs Boma Alabi, Messrs Chidi Nobis-Elendu, Emeka Ozoani and Joseph Nwatu.

Announcing these appointments in a statement yesterday, Aiteo Group’s Senior Manager in charge of Corporate Communications, Ndiana Matthew, described Olanipekun as Nigeria’s Avant-Garde lawyer, and the country’s leading trial lawyer.

Agabi, an accomplished litigator, served Nigeria twice as Attorney General as did Olujinmi whose core practice is also litigation.

Ozekhome’s reputation as one of Nigeria’s foremost Constitutional Law and Human Rights advocates draws from a lifelong career of fighting oppression and injustice through courts and social advocacy.