Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has sent the name of Mrs Abimbola Akeredolu to the House of Assembly for clearance for the post of the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice.
She is to replace Mr Oluwemimo Ogunde (SAN), who resigned his appointment.
Mrs Akeredolu is a partner in a Lagos-based firm: Messrs Banwo and Ighodalo, which she joined in September 2007.
She is in charge of the firm’s Litigation, Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Practice Group. The nominee is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) Nigeria,Nigerian Bar Association ( NBA) and Organisation of the Harmonisation of African Laws.
She attended the University of Lagos, Universita Per Stranieri, Perugia, Italy and the Universite des Langues et Lettres, Grenoble, France.