Supo Shasore
| Olasupo Shasore, SAN | |
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| Litigation Partner, Ajumogobia and Okeke | |
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Assumed office 2011 |
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| Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State | |
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In office 2007–2011 |
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| Preceded by | Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN |
| Succeeded by | Mr. Ade Ipaye |
| Partner, Ajumogobia & Okeke | |
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In office 1999–2007 |
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| Co-founding partner, Ukiri & Shasore | |
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In office 1993–1999 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Olasupo Shasore 22 January 1964 Lagos Island, Lagos, Nigeria |
| Spouse(s) | Gbemisola Shasore (m.1993–present) |
| Relations | Taoheed Olakunle Adio Shasore (father) Bilkis Oladoyinbo Adufe (mother) |
| Residence | Lagos, Nigeria |
| Alma mater |
Obafemi Awolowo University (LL B) University of Lagos (LL M) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Website | olasuposhasore.com |
Olasupo Shasore, SAN (born 22 January 1964) is a legal practitioner. He is a Litigation Partner at "Ajumogobia & Okeke", a leading commercial law firm in Nigeria. He was Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State from 2007 – 2011. Shasore is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He currently serves as chairman, Arbitration & Dispute Resolution Committee of the Section on Business Law of the Nigerian Bar Association.
Shasore led the Lagos delegation to the 2014 Nigerian National Conference. At the conference, the delegation made a case for a 'special status' for Lagos. The delegation also canvassed and achieved consensus on several recommendations:
Shasore has authored three books:
Olasupo Shasore served as Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State from 2007 – 2011. As Attorney General, he led the review of the Criminal Code Law, and the Administration of Criminal Justice Law. He also authored and issued the first Prosecutors' Guidelines (2011), and initiated the first African Regional Conference of the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP).
During his time as Attorney General of Lagos, Shasore chaired the Mortgage and Property Law Reform Committee, which produced and recommended the Mortgage & Property Law (2009). He also authored the Home Ownership and Mortgage Policy (2011). As Chairman of the Lagos Home Ownership Scheme (Lagos HOMS), he oversaw the development of two hundred homes per month for mortgage-assisted purchase for the people of Lagos. Shasore also initiated the policy and crafted the tenant friendly Tenancy Law of Lagos State, to balance the inequality between landlords and tenants.
As chairman and later Vice-Chairman of the Lagos State Procurement Agency (State Tenders Board) between 2007 – 2011, Shasore supervised the award and execution of all major infrastructure and capital projects in Lagos State, providing roads, hospitals, schools and housing.
Shasore was born in Lagos Island, Lagos in 1964. His father Taoheed Olakunle Adio Shasore was a diplomat and Africa policy expert, who later became Chief The Shasore of Lagos of 8 Sasore Court, Lagos Island. His mother Bilkis Oladoyinbo Adufe was a civil servant and a businesswoman.
Shasore started his education at Christ Church Cathedral Primary School, Lagos in 1968. He completed his primary education at Broadfields Primary School, Middlesex, England in 1974, and thereafter started his secondary education at Orange Hill Grammar School, Middlesex, England. He graduated from Federal Government College, Lagos in 1980 with his West African School Certificate – Grade 1. He attended Igbobi College Yaba, Lagos from 1980 – 1981. Shasore graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from the University of Ife, Ile-Ife in 1986. He earned a Master of Law (LLM) from the University of Lagos in 1990.
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