Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, OFR (November 18, 1951) is a Nigerian Lawyer and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association and Senior Advocate of Nigeria

NAME:  Oluwole Oladapo Olanipekun

DATE OF BIRTH: 18 November 1951

PLACE OF BIRTH: Ekiti State, Nigeria

OCCUPATION: Lawyer Solicitor Activist

EDUCATION: He attended Amoye Grammar School in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State southwestern Nigeria but obtained the West Africa School Certificate at Ilesa Grammar before he proceeded to the University of Lagos, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in Law.

CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: He was Call to the bar on July 1976 after he graduated from the Nigerian Law School and attained the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria on July 1991, the same year he was appointed as Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Ondo State and served in that capacity for two years. In 2002, he was elected as President of the Nigerian Bar Association. In 2003 he was appointed the vice President of the Pan African Lawyers Union

Awards: OFR