Mohammed Mustapha Olaroungbe Akanbi

SAN
Born24 January 1971
Died24 January 2022(2022-01-24) (aged 51)
Ilorin, Kwara State
Burial placeNo 6, Agba Dam Street, off Ahmadu Bello Way, GRA, Ilorin, Kwara State
NationalityNigeria
Occupations
Parent
Academic background
Education

Muhammad Mustapha Olaroungbe Akanbi SAN (24 January 1971–20 November 2022) was a Nigerian professor of Law and the former vice chancellor of Kwara State University.[1][2] He was a member of the Senior Advocate of Nigeria and the Nigeria Bar Association

Early life and education

Mustapha Akanbi was born in 1971 at Ile Magaji Kemberi, Awodi, Gambari Quarters, Ilorin East, Kwara State of Nigeria to Mustapha Akanbi, a Nigerian civil servant.[1][3][4] He obtained his West African School Certificate from Federal Government College Okigwe in 1989. He obtained his first degree in law from Obafemi Awolowo University in 1993. He graduated from Nigerian Law School in 1995 and was also called to the bar in the same year.[3] In 1998, he completed his Masters degree in Law from the University of Lagos in 1998 and earned a doctorate degree from University of London's King's College London, United Kingdom in 2006.[3][5]

Career

Academic career

Mustapha Akanbi started his academic as a lecturer at the faculty of Law of the University of Ilorin and he became of professor in 2012.[3][6] Akanbi was a former head of the Department of Business Law, and Dean of faculty of Law at the University of Ilorin and was until his death, the vice-chancellor of Kwara State University, Malete.[1][4]

Mustapha Akanbi served the country as a legal assistant in the legal department of the Central Bank of Nigeria in Lagos from 1995 to 1996 as part of his service year. In the legal firms Gafar & Co, Ilorin and Wole Bamgbala & Co, Lagos, Olawoyin and Olawoyin, Lagos and Ayodele, respectively, he worked as a junior between March 1996 and 1998.[7]

Memberships and fellowships

He became a member of the Nigerian Bar Association in 1995 and a member of the Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 2018.[3]

Selected publications

  • Corruption and the challenges of good governance in Nigeria;[8]
  • Rule of law in Nigeria;[9]
  • The Case For The Integration;[10]
  • Customary arbitration in Nigeria: a review of extant judicial parameters and the need for paradigm shift (2015);[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Odinkalu, Chidi. "Mustapha Muhammad Akanbi". The Cable.
  2. ↑ TVCN (2022-11-20). "KWASU VC, Professor Akanbi, dies in Ilorin - Trending News". Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Iwayemi, Zainab (2022-11-21). "Professor Muhammed Akanbi: The academic icon who bagged professorship at 40". Nairametrics. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  4. 1 2 ODINKALU, CHIDI (2022-11-27). "Tribute to Mohammed Mustapha Olaroungbe Akanbi, January 24, 1971–November 20, 2022". Peoples Gazette. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  5. ↑ Odinkalu, Chidi Anselm. "Mohammed Mustapha Olaroungbe Akanbi (1971-2022)". Premium Times. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  6. ↑ Chioma, Unini (2022-11-20). "KWASU VC, Prof M.M. Akanbi (SAN), Is Dead". TheNigeriaLawyer. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  7. ↑ "BREAKING: KWASU Vice Chancellor Prof Akanbi dies at 52". Intel Region. 2022-11-20. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  8. ↑ M. M., Akanbi (2004). "Corruption and the challenges of good governance in Nigeria". University of Lagos, Faculty of Social Sciences Journal. 6.
  9. ↑ Mustapha Akanbi, Mohammed; Taiwo Shehu, Ajepe (2012). handle=hein.journals/jawpglob3&section=2 "Rule of law in Nigeria". Journal of Poly and Globalization. 3: 1. {{cite journal}}: Check |url= value (help)
  10. ↑ MM, Akanbi (2012). "The Case For The Integration". African Journal of Social Sciences. 2 (2): 41–66.
  11. ↑ M.M., Akanbi; L.A., Abdulrauf; A.A., Daibu (2015). "Customary arbitration in Nigeria: a review of extant judicial parameters and the need for paradigm shift". Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy. 6 (1): 199–201. doi:10.4314/jsdlp.v6i1.9. S2CID 155350822.
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