Yinka Omorogbe
2021 ALI Fellow
Yinka Omorogbe brings to ALI experience in the energy sector, academic administration, and state-level government. She most recently served as the second-ever female attorney general and justice commissioner in Edo State, Nigeria, where she also chaired Edo’s taskforce against human trafficking. Previously, Yinka was secretary and legal adviser to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and held academic teaching appointments at multiple universities, most notably serving as dean of the faculty of law at the University of Ibadan, one of the most prestigious universities in Africa. She is co-founder of the anti-human trafficking Edo Women’s Development Initiative, trustee of Christ Against Drug Abuse Ministry, and trustee of the Vine Heritage Home orphanage in Abuja.