Joseph Nwobike

Joseph Agburuwhuo Nwobike (born 23 June 1964) is a Nigerian lawyer and senior advocate of Nigeria. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in December, 1992 and became a notary public in 1999. In 2009, he was elevated to the rank of a senior advocate of Nigeria. He is the lead partner at Osborne Law Practice and is a member of several professional bodies, including the international bar association, Nigerian bar association, international tax planning association, and INSOL international. He has been involved in legislative advocacy, including spearheading efforts that led to the enactment of the chartered institute of local government and public administration of Nigeria Act, No.1, 2017.^[1]

In April 2018, Nwobike was convicted by Lagos State High Court for attempting to pervert the course of justice. The conviction was based on findings that he had sent messages to court registrars and offered gratification to a judge.^[2] In December 2021, the Supreme Court of Nigeria unanimously overturned the conviction, ruling that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)^[3] lacked the authority to prosecute him for perversion of justice, and that the law under which he was charged did not clearly define the offence.^[4][5][6] In June, 2023 he built and donated a bar centre to Nigerian bar association, Rivers state branch.^[7]