President Tinubu To Unveil Six Books At 2026 Justice Summit

President Bola Tinubu will on 19 November unveil the six-volume set of books titled “Wole Olanipekun Through the Cases”, as part of the activities planned for this year’s edition of the WOC Justice Summit.

The event, to be held at the Body of Benchers Complex, Abuja, will also feature the immediate past Chairman of United Bank for Africa Plc, Tony Elumelu, who will deliver the keynote address titled “The Rule of Law as a Catalyst for Private Sector Growth and Economic Transformation”.

Elumelu will address the relationship between the administration of justice, the security of economic rights, the prosperity of private enterprises and the overall economic advancement of the nation, under the global focus of the summit, which considers a future of possibilities against the backdrop of precedents and the role of lawyers and the justice sector.

The summit, with the theme, “From Precedent to Possibility: The Lawyer’s Role in Shaping the Next 50 Years of Justice, Democracy and Public Trust”, will feature eminent speakers considering the evolving role of the legal profession in protecting commerce, strengthening democratic institutions, advancing the frontiers of justice and safeguarding the rule of law.

According to a statement by the law firm of Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, Wole Olanipekun & Co., the event is expected to attract leading policymakers and decision-makers across all arms of government at both the federal and state levels.

Part of the statement reads: “The WOC Justice Summit, which is an initiative of Wole Olanipekun & Co., is conceived as a platform to ideate on justice delivery enhancement.

“The book, Wole Olanipekun: Through the Cases, to be presented at the 2026 edition, is a collection of analyses and commentaries on some of the landmark cases in which the firm’s founder, Chief Wole Olanipekun, CFR, SAN, has been involved from his call to the Bar 50 years ago in 1976 to date.”