Professor Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, SAN

Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin

Professor of Law, Legal Scholar, University Administrator

Professor Wahab Olasupo Egbewole is a Nigerian legal scholar and university administrator whose academic career has been closely connected with the University of Ilorin since he joined its Faculty of Law in 1997. He studied law at the University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1985, and later earned his PhD in Law from the University of Ilorin. He became Professor of Jurisprudence and International Law in 2012 and has conducted research particularly around constitutional law, law and social change and election petitions. Alongside his academic work, he founded Wahab Egbewole & Co. in 1995 and became a Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 2018. Within the university, Egbewole held several administrative positions before becoming its 11th Vice-Chancellor in October 2022, including Acting Dean of Law, Director of the General Studies Division and membership of the university's Governing Council.