{"id":16915,"date":"2017-03-22T12:15:35","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T11:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=16915"},"modified":"2017-05-30T18:22:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T17:22:38","slug":"sofola-chief-idowu","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/sofola-chief-idowu\/","title":{"rendered":"SOFOLA, Chief Idowu"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CON,SAN, LL.B, BL, lawyer; b: September 29, 1934; ht: Ikenne-Remo; so: Ogun lga: Ikenne m; Olosula Odubela, 1963; nc: four s, one d. ed: St. Saviour&#8217;s School, Ikenne, 1945-51; Oriwu College, Ikorodu, Ugos, 1952; Eko Boys&#8217; High School, 1953- 56; Westminster College of Commerce, 1958-59; Holborn College of Law, London, 1959-62; Middle Temple Inns of Court, Undon, 1962. cr: Clerk, Federal Ministry of Labour; Court clerk, Ugos Judiciary 1958; private legal practice since 1962; asst sec, Nigerian Union of Great Britain and Ireland, 1959-61; asst. sec. gen.. West African Students Union (WASU), 1960-61; mm: Committee of African Organisation (CAO), UK; Nigerian Bar Association, 1962 and later mm: the Association of National Executive Committee, since 1978; Council of Legal Education, 1978-83; Legal Aid Council, 1979-83; Ugal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, 1979-83; General Council of the Bar, 1979-83; The Body of Benchers, since 1982; life mm: National Executive Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, International Bar Association; asst. sec. gen., 1980-82; Deputy Secretary-General, 1982-86; re-appointed Deputy Secretary-General, 1986-88; (First African to hold the Office) Secretary-General, 1986; Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), 1989; Nominations Committee.1979-1980; Forward Planning Committee from 1980- 1984; Professional Ethics Committee, 1980-1986; Council member of the Association, 1979-1990; mm. Nominations Committee, Sections in Business Law, General Practice and Energy and Natural Resources Law of IBA, council mem. Section on General Practice; Elected Secretary General, International Bar Association, 1986 ( First African, to be so elected); Co-organiser and member of all committees of the Commonwealth Law Conference, 1980; ch: Organising Committee, International Bar Association, African Regional Conference, 1985; African Bar Association; World Peace Through Law; founding mm:, Inter-African Union of Uwyers; founding mm; Commonwealth Uw Association; ch: Board of Governors, EkoBoys&#8217; High School, 1973-79; presd. Eko Boys High School Old Boys Association, 1972-1983, 1989-95; Rotary Club of Ikennne, 1987- 1988, Paul Harris fellow, tt: Bobagunwa Remo, 1991; Balogun Idotun- Ikene, 1992; Aare Maiyegun Owu-Abeokuta, 1996. h: Distinguished Citizen of OgunState Award, 1986, I.B.A Honours in appreciation of excellent service to the International Bar Association, Listed in Who&#8217;s Who in Nigeria, Newswatch Edition of Who is Who in Nigeria, International Who is Who, Men &#038; Women of Distinction (World wide), The Nigerian monarch, Distin-gushed Citizensof Remo, Marquis Who is Who in the World, The New Who is Who in Nigeria; nh: Commander of the Order of the Niger, 2003; sc: Trustee, Lagos Country Club; presd. Remo Progressive Association;mm: Island Club, Ikoyi Club, Ugos Country Club, Ikenne social circle.Remo Progressive Association; hob. table-tennis, reading, snooker, walking, music, off: Elephant House (5 Floor) Alausa, Ikeja, P.O. Box 5854, Ugos; tel: 01-4707400, 4973913 (H), Mobil:090-400137,468060-9,7745088- 9 ext. 8502; e-m: soflaw@theobech.com; fax: 4937508 tel: 01- 4973913, 4962200. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[165],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-16915","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-legal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/16915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/16915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16915"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=16915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}