Olu Onagoruwa

Gabriel Olusoga Onagoruwa, popularly known as Olu Onagoruwa was a Nigerian jurist and human rights activist who served as Minister for Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation from 1994 to 1995 during the military junta of Sani Abacha.

Early life and education

Onagoruwa was born in Odogbolu in Ogun State. He studied law at the University of London, where he graduated with an LL.B in 1964. He further obtained an LL.M and a Ph.D. in Constitutional Law from the same university in 1968. He attended the Nigerian Law School and was called to bar in 1971.

Career

Onagoruwa was a member of the Inner Temple and was called to the Nigerian bar in 1971. In 1994, he was appointed as the Attorney-General of the Federation by Sani Abacha—the then Head of State—a position he resigned from in 1995 after Turner Ogboru, whom he ordered for his release was re-arrested for conspiracy.