Born
1 September 1963
ADOKE
Mohammed
Bello
Mohammed Bello Adoke (born 1 September 1963) is a Nigerian lawyer. He is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and was appointed Attorney General of Nigeria and Minister of Justice on 6 April 2010, when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan announced his new cabinet.
Adoke was born on 1 September 1963 in Kogi State. He gained a degree in law from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and 1985, and was called to the Nigerian Bar in October 1986.[1] He also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in International Tax Law from Robert Kennedy University in Zurich, Switzerland and a Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration from Keble College, Oxford.[3]
He held positions with the Kwara State Schools' Management Board, Kano State Ministry of Justice and private law firms before establishing his own practice. He was a member of the Board of Peugeot Automobile from 2006 to 2008 and Chairman of the Board Audit Committee of Unity Bank.[1] He has acted as an arbitrator in England and Nigeria, handling commercial disputes involving Shell Ultra Deep and the Federal Government of Nigeria, Global Steel Holdings and the Bureau of Public Enterprises Investment, and AES Nigeria Barge and Lagos State Government.[3]
His appointment as Minister of Justice and Attorney General on 6 April 2010 was seen as an attempt by Jonathan to introduce a fresh approach in pushing through electoral reforms. His tenure as Attorney General ended on 29 May 2015.
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Kogi State
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Legal Practitioner
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Attorney General of Nigeria and Minister of Justice , Kwara State Schools' Management Board , Kano State Ministry of Justice ,
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and 1985,.Robert Kennedy University in Zurich, Switzerland..International Commercial Arbitration from Keble College, Oxford
Mohammed Bello Adoke:
Burden of Service;
Reminiscences of Nigeria’s former Attorney-General (London/New york: clink street,2019),270pp.
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