Ade Ipaye
Ade Ipaye | |
|---|---|
| Attorney General of Lagos State | |
| In office May 2011 – May 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Supo Shasore |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1968 |
Adeola Rahman Ipaye (born 1968) is a Nigerian lawyer and Attorney General of Lagos State.[1][2][3]
Career
He obtained a bachelor and master's degree in Law from the University of Lagos He began his law career at Oditah Adebiyi & Co. in Lagos as a research coordinator before he joined the services of the University of Lagos as assistant lecturer.[4] He rose to the position of a senior lecturer on October 1999 and later became the sub-dean of the faculty of law on October 2000.[5] On May 2001 he was appointed Special Assistant to Bola Tinubu on Legal Affairs and in 2003 he became the Governor's Senior Special Assistant on Legal Matters.[6] He served in that capacity for 4 years until he was appointed Special Adviser on Taxation and Revenue to Babatunde Fashola who succeeded Bola Tinubu in 2007.[7] On May 2007, he was appointed Attorney General.[8]
References
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- ^ "Offenders' sentences shouldn't depend on judges' kindness – Lagos AG". The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ Leadership Newspaper (10 December 2014). "Over 500 Child Defilement Cases Reported In Lagos State In 2014, Says AG". Nigerian News from Leadership News. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ niyi. "Lagos-State-Attorney-General-Ade-Ipaye". INFORMATION NIGERIA. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "Lagos Attorney General Defends Ban on Hijabs in Schools, Articles - THISDAY LIVE". thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "Ade Ipaye - INFORMATION NIGERIA". informationng.com. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "Crisis Loom Over Fashola's Cabinet Composition". TheNigerianVoice. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "Lagos to survive on tax revenue following dwindling oil revenue – Fashola". globalreportersnews.com. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
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