Nigeria: First Lawyer From the North, Abdul Ganiyu Abdulrasaq, SAN On Life, Politics and Law

27 November 2012
interview

He means different thing to different people. To some, he is a politician whilst others see him as a businessman. His colleagues in the legal profession easily recall his advocacy skills. Alhaji Abdul Ganiyu Folorunsho Abdulrazaq, SAN, is the first lawyer from Northern Nigeria.

He is also a former President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Born in Onitsha and fluent in Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba, Abdulrasaq who turned 85 recently went down memory lane with Jude Igbanoi, Tobi Soniyi, Sunday Aghaeze and Adebiyi Adedapo, reminiscing about the legal profession, politics and the stock exchange...

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