Career
Within 23 years of practising the noble profession, he rose to become the president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) ; chairman of the Body of Benchers; chairman of the Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria; president of the Association of Arbitrators of Nigeria; chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the Bar; chairman of the General Council of the Bar; chairman of the Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy; member of the Nigeria Police Council; member of the Advisory Judicial Committee; member of the Judicial Service Committee (Abuja); chairman of the Task Force for the Revision of the Laws of the Federation; Attorney-General and Minister of Justice of the Federation; member of the Nigerian Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly; temporary President of the United Nations General Assembly at its seventeenth special session on narcotic drugs; member of the International Law Commission.