Chief Wole Olanipekun To Bag ABUAD Honorary Doctoral, UNILAG Alumni Platinum Award
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and former chairman ,Body of Benchers ,Chief Wole Olanipekun ,SAN ,CFR will be receiving double awards from two prestigious universities in Nigeria .
The Nigeria’s foremost Legal Practitioner will be conferred with the Honorary Doctor of Laws, LL. D honoris causa by the fastest growing private university in Africa , Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti(ABUAD) at its forthcoming 13th Convocation ceremonies.
Chief Olanipekun,the Asiwaju of Ikere-Kingdom ,will also deliver the ABUAD’s Convocation Lecture titled: “Nigeria Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, The Imperative of a Sober and Definitive Recalibration” on Monday, at the Alfa Belgore main auditorium .
Similarly , arrangements are in top gear by the leadership of the University of Lagos Alumni Association to bestow the highest honour of the UNILAG ALUMNI PLATINUM Award on Chief Olanipekun .
The UNILAG Alumni event is scheduled to hold on Friday, October 17, 2025 at the Eko Hotels & Suites, Victoria Island ,Lagos under the chairmanship of the Ogbeni Oja of Ijebu land ,Olor’ ogun , Dr Sonny Kuku ,OFR, FAS ,while the Vice President ,Senator Kassim Shettima will be the Special Guest of Honour .
Engineer Ifeoluwa Ayodele,FNSE ,FA Eng, the President Worldwide of the UNILAG Alumni is the Chief Host .
Chief Olanipekun is the Pro Chancellor and chairman of council , University of Lagos .He built a strong reputation across many areas of law (constitutional, arbitration, commercial, etc.).
In 1980, he founded Wole Olanipekun & Co., which has grown into one of Nigeria’s leading law firms with a presence across states .
In 1991, he was appointed Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Ondo State, serving for approximately two years
He served as President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) from 2002 to 2004 . In 2007, he was made a Life Bencher (by the Nigerian Body of Benchers)
He has also held roles as Pro-Chancellor / Chairman of Governing Councils at various universities: - University of Ibadan (2004 – 2006) - Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo State .
Chief Wole Olanipekun has been involved in high-profile cases and election petitions, contributing to Nigeria’s jurisprudence and constitutional law development.