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10 Facts About Bayo Ojo

1.

Bayo Ojo is a legal practitioner and is licensed to practise in Nigeria, England and Wales.

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Bayo Ojo had his primary school education in Maiduguri and Kaduna and his post-primary education at Zaria in Kaduna State.

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Bayo Ojo worked briefly as a civil servant in Ilorin, Kwara State, before he proceeded to the University of Lagos where he obtained a bachelor's degree in Law in June 1977.

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Bayo Ojo has two brothers, Daniel Oluwasegun Ojo and Victor Olanrewaju Ojo.

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Bayo Ojo was then a member of the National Youth Service Corps.

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Bayo Ojo worked at the Ministry of Justice, Kwara State, as a state counsel for four years.

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Bayo Ojo was elected President of the Nigeria Bar Association in 2004.

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8.

Bayo Ojo was noted for his brilliant efforts in decongesting Nigerian prisons by engaging lawyers in private practice to defend various individuals who were being held by the state without trial.

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Bayo Ojo had a limited measure of success in advocating for an improvement in the welfare of younger lawyers.

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Bayo Ojo remains a close associate of Nasir EL-Rufai and Nuhu Ribadu.