Nigeria's Olamide Ehinfun-Adekunle Becomes Youngest SAN

Olamide Mojigbotoluwa Ehinfun-Adekunle (SAN) became Nigeria's youngest female Senior Advocate of Nigeria at the age of 40. She was sworn in by Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, on October 12, 2026, during the opening of the 2026/2027 legal year, alongside 67 other legal practitioners.

Ehinfun-Adekunle was born on June 25, 1986, in Kaduna State and is originally from Ijero-Ekiti, Ekiti State. She earned her LL.B. from Obafemi Awolowo University between 2003 and 2009 and completed her LL.M. in International Trade Law at the University of Leeds from 2011 to 2012.

She became a partner at Afe Babalola & Co. in September 2013, having previously worked at D. D. Dodo & Co. and the Nuhu Ribadu Campaign Organisation.

Her practice areas include complex litigation, commercial dispute resolution, and arbitration. Ehinfun-Adekunle advocates for judicial reforms, including financial autonomy for the judiciary and measures to reduce the Supreme Court's caseload.