Adaku Ukere is theYoungest African And First Nigerian To Win African Attorney Of The Year Award (Photos)

Adaku Ufere, a young Nigerian lady hailing from Imo state has
shattered the record of the prestigious African Legal Awards to become
the youngest African and first Nigerian to win the Attorney of the Year
award in this year’s edition of the prestigious award.

According to The Sun, a glittering ceremony was held penultimate week
in Johannesburg, South Africa, where Adaku made history after she was
selected among thousands of entries across the continent.
The African Legal Awards recognises exceptional achievements from
within Africa’s legal community and is hosted by Legal Week (organisers
of the British Legal Awards) in association with the Corporate Counsel
Association of South Africa (CCASA). Only last year, Adaku was named and
received award as one of the 40 Under-40 Leading Lawyers in Nigeria at
the Nigerian Legal Awards 2016 which held at the Civic Centre, Victoria
Island, Lagos.
The continent’s 2017 Best Attorney is a graduate of Law from the
University of Nigeria (UNN), Nsukka. She also bagged a Second Class
Honours Upper Division from the Nigerian Law School, Abuja before
proceeding to the University of Aberdeen in Scotland for her Master’s
Degree in Law, where she specialised in Oil and Gas.
Born into the academic family of Chief and Chief Mrs. Kingsley Ufere,
from Arondizuogu in Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State,
Adaku is an international Oil and Gas lawyer and is Head of Energy
Practice at the Pan African Law firm, the Centurion Law Group with its
Headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Her lovely photos below: