A former Attorney-General of Nigeria and
human rights activist, Dr. Olu Onagoruwa is
dead. He died early Friday morning at the
age of 80, TVC News reports.
He was appointed the Attorney General and
Minister of Justice of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria in 1993 and was further appointed
as the African representative to the body
that drafted Ethiopia’s constitution in that
same year.
Dr. Onagoruwa was also the Group Legal
Adviser/ Company Secretary of Daily Times
Nigeria for several years.
His core practice areas included
Constitutional law, Legislative Matters,
Banking and Insolvency, Oil and Gas,
Telecommunication Law and litigation.
He wrote several books and has to his credit
over 250 published articles.
Onagoruwa held a doctorate degree in Law.
