SAN, FCIArb, LL.B, LL.M; barrister, Solicitor, arbitator; Born: November 24,1956; Place: Zaria, Hometown: Iffe; LGA: Ijumu; State of Origin: Kogi; Married: April 28, 1984; one son, one daughter;
\nEDUCATION: Holy Trinity Primary School, Maiduguri, 1961 -66; St. Michael’s Primary School, Kaduna 1966-67; St. Paul’s College (now Kufena College), Zaria; 1968-72; Titcombe College, Egbe, Kwara State, 1973-74; University of Lagos, 1974-77; Nigeria Law School, Lagos 1977-78; Royal Institute of Public Administration, London 1981; London School of Economics and Political Science; University of London 1981-82; <\/p>\n
CAREER: State Counsel, Ministry of Justice, Enugu, 1978-79; State Counsel, Ministry of Justice, Ilorin, 1979-83; Head of Chambers, Oniyangi & Co., 1983-84; Principal Partner, Bayo Ojo& Co., since 1986; elected National president. Nigeria Bar Association (NBA); min.Federal Ministry of Justice&Attorney- General, 2005;mm: Council of Legal Education, 1990-91; National Electoral Tribunal, Delta State, 1991; International Bar Association, London Court of International Arbitration; Law Society of England and Wales; Pan African Council on Arbitration; Royal Institute of Public Administration London, World Jurist Association, New York; Vice-president. Nigeria Bar Association, 1991 – 92; Officer for West Africa, Foundation for International Comm. Arbitration, Hague; Chairman. Legal Aid Council of Nigeria; Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Nigeria); f. Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London;
\nTraditional Title: Bamojin of Ekanland, 1996;
\nHobbies: reading, playing golf, community work; off: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, 223, Ikorodu Road, Obanikoro, Lagos; e-m: baycojo@rcl.nig.com; pha: 1,Ilofa Road, Ilorin, Kwara State; tel: 031- 222297; fax:031-223285.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[165],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-9823","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-legal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9823","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\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9826,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9823\/revisions\/9826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9823"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=9823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}