Olumide Akpata

Olumide Akpata
President of the Nigerian Bar Association
In office
28 August 2020 – 19 July 2022
Preceded byPaul Usoro
Succeeded byYakubu Maikyau
Personal details
Born (1972-10-07) 7 October 1972
Edo State, Nigeria
PartyLabour Party (Nigeria)

Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata (born 7 October 1972, from Edo South Senatorial district, Edo State) is a Nigerian legal practitioner and politician. He was a senior partner and the head of the Corporate and Commercial Practice Group at Templars law firm in Nigeria until his resignation on 31 August 2023 to enable him to pursue partisan politics. In September 2023, he hosted the program "KingsWeek 2023" with the Old Boys Association, King's College, Lagos. He became the first non-Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 28 years to be elected president of the Nigerian Bar Association in July 2020.

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