Advisory CouncilChief Oluwole Oladapo Olanipekun
Chief Oluwole Oladapo Olanipekun was born on the 18th of November, 1951, in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State. He is a Nigerian lawyer, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. Chief Olanipekun, SAN, attended Amoye Grammar School in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State Southwestern Nigeria but obtained the West Africa School Certificate at Ilesa Grammar School before he proceeded to the University of Lagos, where he received a bachelor’s degree in Law. He was Called to the Bar in July 1976 after graduating from the Nigerian Law School. Subsequently, he attained the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria in July 1991, becoming the youngest advocate ever to receive that honor. That same year, he was appointed Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Ondo State and served for two years. In 2002, he was the President of the Nigerian Bar Association. In 2003, he was appointed the Vice President of the Pan African Lawyers Union. In January 2007, he became a Life bencher, appointed by the Nigerian Body of Benchers.
Chief Oluwole Olanipekun, SAN, OFR, CFR is the Principal Partner of Wole Olanipekun and Co, a leading law firm in Nigeria with headquarters in Lagos State, Nigeria, a branch in Abuja and a presence in all the States in Nigeria. Chief Olanipekun was the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the University of Ibadan between 2004 and 2006. He was also a former member of the Governing Council of the University of Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, and an Associate Law lecturer in a few Universities in Nigeria. As the Chairman of the Council, he spent vast resources to uplift the Institution; he constructed a modern 350-capacity lecture theatre hall for the faculty of Law at the University of Ibadan. As the Chairman of Ajayi Crowther University (ACU), he built the Vice Chancellor’s lodge, constructed roads and buildings in honor of his wife and mother. In Ikere-Ekiti, his hometown, he built and donated an ultra-modern church and vicarage to honor his father. He also built a hospital and a computer laboratory and instituted the Wole Olanipekun Scholarship Board, through which numerous Nigerians have and are still benefitting. Chief Olanipekun serves his clients with intelligence, diligence, perseverance, doggedness, and God-given wisdom. Knowing that clients come to him with anxiety and concern over what they’re experiencing, he uses his experience, tenacity, and drive to build a strong relationship that enables him to pursue his clients’ goals and alleviate their fears. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb.) A Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (FNIALS), a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (FICMC), and a Fellow of the College of Education, Ikere (FCEI). Chief Olanipekun is a recipient of two national awards; Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (OFR)and Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (CFR) (2022). In 1992, he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award of the Faculty of Law, University of Lagos, the Merit Alumnus Award of Amoye Grammar School, Ikere, in 1999, and the Honorary degree of Doctor of Letters, Honoris Causa (LL.D) (the University of Ibadan in November 2014 and made the honor list of Ilesha Grammar School Ilesha in 1999. Chief Olanipekun is married to Erelu Omo-ale Olanipekun. He is a father and grandfather.