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Solomon Adun Asemota was born on 8 December, 1937 in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, is a Nigerian lawyer. Discover Solomon Adun Asemota's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 86 years old?

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Occupation Lawyer and human rights activist
Age 86 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 8 December 1937
Birthday 8 December
Birthplace Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
Nationality Benin

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1938

Solomon Adun Asemota SAN (born December 8, 1938) is a Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist.

He is the founder and principal partner of the law firm of Solomon Asemota & Co.

Solomon Adun Asemota was born on December 8, 1938, in Benin City, the capital of Edo State, Southern Nigeria.

1945

His early formal education began in 1945 at St. Luke School, Jos, before he completed his secondary school education in 1948 at Immaculate Conception College, Benin City.

1959

He attended Southern Police College, Ikeja, Lagos (1959–1960) (Cadet Sub-Inspectors’ Course) before going to Wakefield Police College, Yorkshire, England, in 1962 for Advanced Police Training and Scottish Police College, Kincardine, Scotland, in 1969 for Senior Officers Training in organisation and management.

He was enlisted in the Nigerian Police Force as a Cadet Sub-Inspector: (course no. 6) in 1959.

After training, he was posted to Ikeja Province where he served first as prosecutor at the Chief Magistrate's Court, Ikeja, in Chief Magistrate Mason Begho's Court.

1961

Later, he was a course officer at Man O’ War Bay in Victoria Cameroons, 1961.

He then became a prosecutor, Chief Magistrate's Court Sapele in Chief Magistrates Olayinka Odumosu and Sikiru Abina Courts, as they then were, in 1961, before becoming Inspector, Administration, then Second-in-Command Traffic Division, and later Crime Branch at the Ikeja Provincial Police Department, also in 1961.

1962

In 1962, he was promoted to the rank of an Assistant Superintendent of Police, and designated Chief Officer Local Government Police Ondo North (Comprising, Ekiti, Akoko, and Owo Divisions, which now constitute about half of Ondo State), where he performed duties of Divisional Police Officer, in charge of 800 L.S. policemen and 26 police stations.

1963

He was seconded (for 6 months in 1963) to the United Nations Operation (ONUC) in the Congo, now Zaire.

He served in Leopoldville now Kinshasa, and later as Second-in-Command (Police) at Luluaburg now Katanga.

He became the Aide-de-Camp to the First Governor of the Midwest Region, Chief Jereton Mariere 1963 to 1964.

Later, she left for the Southern Police College in Ikeja and became the Course Officer, cadet sub-inspector, and Sergeants promotion courses at the Advanced Training Wing.

1964

He attended the University of Lagos between 1964 and 1969, where he obtained his Bachelor of Law (Honours) degree in 1969.

1964–1966 One of his students, Ibrahim Coomassie later became the Inspector General of Police, while five others got to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGs).

1966

He was the Second-in-Command 1966–1968 at the National Bureau of the Interpol, Central C.I.D. Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos, and was, at one time, the Investigator attached to Tribunals of Inquiry into E.C.N. and the Ports Authority.

1967

He was promoted to the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police and was a member of the Nigeria Police Officers Delegation to the Interpol Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1967.

He was later transferred to the Crime Division as second-in-command.

1969

In 1969, he was promoted to the rank of Superintendent and was appointed Officer-in Charge, Detective Training School, Ikoyi, Lagos.

1970

In 1970, he was called to bar and became a barrister at Law after completing his studies at the Nigerian Law School.

The Nigerian Police Force

He resigned from the Nigeria Police Force in October 1970 to practice law.

Law

He is the founder and principal partner of the law firm Solomon Asemota & Co. (since 1970), Barristers and Solicitors, with offices in Benin City, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Abuja and London.

Honours

1974

He was appointed Secretary to the Nigerian Bar Association, Benin Branch, 1974–1978.

He became the National Treasurer of the Nigerian Bar Association.

1978

1978–1980, then Secretary, Finance Committee, Sixth Commonwealth Law Conference, 1980.

He was a member of the General Council of the Bar 1978 to 1984.

1979

Then he was a member of the Council of Legal Education 1979 to 1985.

1983

Other notable mentions include Hon. Anthony Aniagolu, retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, former President of Nigeria; Justice Ovie-Whiskey, 1983 Chairman, FEDECO; and Sunday Adewusi, former Inspector-General of Police at the Judicial Inquiry into the activities of the defunct FEDECO.

1985

He became a Visiting Lecturer for Courses in Civil Procedure at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in 1985.

1986

He became a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) in 1986.

He became a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) in 1986.

At various points in his career, he represented Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd., Dumez Nigeria Ltd., Elf Oil Nig.

Ltd., Bight Engineering Ltd., Life Flour Mill Ltd., Sapele, Nigeria Police Force, State Security Services, University of Benin, Oil Mineral Producing Area Development Commission (OMPADEC).

He was also the personal lawyer of General Yakubu Gowon, whom he still represents to date.

Alhaji Abubakar Rimi, former Governor of Kano State, and Chief Jim Nwobodo former Governor of Anambra State, were released from prison in 1986.

1990

He became a Member, Disciplinary Committee, of the General Council of the Bar, 1990 to 1995 and a Member, Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee from 1991 to 1993 (the committee that confers the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria on Lawyers).