Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau | |
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President of the Nigerian Bar Association | |
Assumed office 22 August 2022 | |
Preceded by | Olumide Akpata |
Personal details | |
Born | Kebbi State,Nigeria | 6 February 1965
Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau (born 6 February 1965) is a Nigerian legal practitioner,Senior Advocate of Nigeria and founder of Y. C. Maikyau &Co. [1] In July 2022,he was elected as the president of the Nigerian Bar Association. [2] [3]
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