Our Staff

Chinonye Edmund Obiagwu (SAN)

The Founding director and current National Coordinator

He is the founding Director and later National Coordinator (1999) with executive responsibilities. He has degrees in philosophy, and in law.

Court Admissions
His areas of practice are Maritime Law, Banking and International Trade, Public Law, Arbitration and Mediation, Criminal and Appeal Litigation.

Professional Associations

National Coordinator
Edmund Chinonye is known as a tenacious fighter who protects his client’s interests as though they were his own.

Education & Court Admissions
He holds Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy from University of Nigeria, Nsukka, (1986) and Bachelor of Laws Degree, University of Ibadan in (1991), both on second class upper division. He attended the Nigerian Law School, (1991-1992), qualified on second class upper division and called to the Nigerian Bar on December 17, 1992. He was conferred a Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 2018.

Leadership, Membership & Honors

Wale Fapohunda

On leave of absence since 2012 as Attorney-General of Ekiti State

Wilfred Ziregbe

Co –founder and based in Port Harcourt and oversees SouthSouth Project activities

Adaobi Egboka (Mrs.)

Adaobi Egboka

(Mrs.) is a legal practitioner. She began her professional career with LEDAP in 2007 and was until July, 2009 a Legal Officer/Project Coordinator.

Prior to her work with LEDAP, she provided research and administrative support to Hon. Justice Adefope-Okojie of the Lagos State Judiciary as a youth corps member. Adaobi is a published writer; a gender equality and disability expert and very vase in policy and governance issues.

She earned an LL.B. from the University of Lagos and a Barrister-at-law degree from the Nigerian Law School. She is the 2013/2014 PILnet International Fellow and served as an intern at Center for Reproductive Rights in New York.

Pamela Okoroigwe (Mrs.)

Pamela Okoroigwe (Mrs.) is the Executive Programme Manager. She co-ordinates programmes on Women’s Rights and Access to Justice in the organization. Pamela has a flair for cases of Human Rights violations and has successfully challenged and defended several cases of right violation in court. She is in charge of the day to day functioning of the organization. She is responsible for organizational focus and growth, oversees LEDAP’s advocacy strategy, delivers pro bono legal services to survivors of human rights abuses, and manages all legal and program staff.

She holds a bachelor degree in Law from Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka and has been called to the Nigeria Bar. Pamela has a Masters degree in Law from the University of Lagos. She is a Chartered Secretary and Administrator and also a member of Nigerian Bar Association.

Chisom Ihekwaba

Ijeoma Pamela Akubue (Mrs.)

Sa’adatu Umar Babayi

Chizoba Ezeani

Precious Nwadike

Onyinyechukwu Nwachukwu

Sunday Udoh Rufus