May Agbamuche-Mbu is a distinguished legal practitioner with over 30 years of experience working with clients across the public and private sectors. A native of Delta State, she was born in Kano, where she attended St. Louis Secondary School.
She holds an LLB in Law from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), obtained in 1984. After being called to the Nigerian Bar in 1985, she proceeded to the College of Law in London, where she qualified as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales.
Agbamuche-Mbu also earned an LLM in Commercial and Corporate Law from Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London. In addition, she completed two postgraduate programs specializing in International Dispute Resolution and International Business Law.
A certified expert in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), she is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK), Nigeria Branch, where she once served as Secretary.
Her public service record includes serving as the sole solicitor on the Presidential Projects Assessment Committee (PPAC) between March 2010 and November 2011, where she evaluated major uncompleted public projects across the country. In March 2016, she was appointed to the Ministerial Committee responsible for drafting the Roadmap for the Solid Minerals Sector.
Before joining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as a National Commissioner, Agbamuche-Mbu was the Managing Partner at Norfolk Partners, a Lagos-based law firm. She also served as the Editor of THISDAY LAWYER, a weekly legal publication in the national daily THISDAY Newspaper.
Between January 2014 and September 2016, she authored over 120 legal editorials under her widely read column, “Legal Eagle.”
