Okey Wali
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Okey Wali | |
|---|---|
| President of the Nigerian Bar Association | |
| In office July 2012 – July 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Bodurin Daudu |
| Succeeded by | Augustine Alegeh (SAN) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 October 1958 |
Okey Wali, SAN (born October 29, 1958) is a Nigerian lawyer and the 26th president of the Nigerian Bar Association.[1][2]
Wali was born on October 29, 1958, at Obio-Akpor local government area in the metropolis of Port Harcourt, a southern part of Nigeria.[3] He attended the Port Harcourt Township School for his primary education but completed it at St. Paul’s Primary School in Diobu, Port Harcourt.[4] He later attended Baptist High School, Port Harcourt, where he obtained the West African School Certificate in 1973 and proceeded to the University of Buckingham, United Kingdom, where he received a Bachelor of Law degree in 1983.[5] He returned to Nigeria for professional training at the Nigerian Law School in Lagos State and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1984.[6]