Wole Olanipekun, Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Ondo State, has built a High Court complex in his hometown in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State.
The former president of the Nigerian Bar Association embarked on the project after stakeholders in the law profession called his attention to the poor and dilapidated condition of the High Court complex in Ikere-Ekiti, making it difficult for judges and lawyers to carry out their functions.
The legal luminary was already preparing for another project at the Ekiti State University but had to divert the funds meant for the University project to the building of the court complex. However, he had to seek the permission of the Chief Judge of the state before starting the project.
The legal icon has undertaken other philanthropic projects in the past. In 2014, he donated and equipped a Bar Centre at the Nigerian Bar Association in Ikere branch to encourage and motivate young lawyers from the branch to aim for greatness in the profession. He also paid for the Bar practicing fees of student lawyers for a period of four years in the state.
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