Barr. Pelumi Jacob Olajengbesi is an indigene of ìjèbú-jesa in Oriade local government of Osun state. Pelumi was born in Zaria, Kaduna state, he attended Manuwa memorial Grammar school Iju-odo, and Holy Flocks of Christ Secondary School, Ondo State. He proceeded to College of Education in Ikere, Ekiti State where he earned his National Certificate in Education before proceeding to the University of Abuja to obtain a Bachelor’s Degree in Law. During his days in the university, he served as the President of the Student Union Government between 2014 to 2015, also led as the vice president of National Association of University students.
In 2016, he was called to the Nigerian Bar as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Federal Republic of Nigeria after completing his law school program in the Lagos Law School Campus, Nigeria. In the same year, he founded a private practice, Pelumi Olajengbesi & Co.
Later on, he co-founded LAW Corridor in 2017, where he continues his legal practice with focus on Public Interests law. In his early years, Olajengbesi began his legal career under the mentorship of renowned lawyer, Dr. Kayode Ajulo of Kayode Ajulo Castle of Law.
In 2018, he contested to represent Oriade/Obokun Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives under the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) before stepping down for the party’s consensus candidate. He was also the candidate of the party at the State House of Assembly and remained active in the political scene as a public commentator and columnist.
Pelumi Olajengbesi is equally a well-known human rights activist. In 2021, he was a counsel to the Yoruba Nation Activists and its Leader Chief Sunday Adeyemo (Sunday Igboho) against the Nigeria Department of State Services and secured the release of all activists arrested and detained by the Federal Government of Nigeria on their trial for terrorism. He also involved in several right issues including gender based violence and loan shark debts.
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