8 Nigerian Celebrities You Never Knew Are Lawyers (With Pictures)

Training is an indispensable part of the human life and its significance can’t be overemphasized. Here is a rundown of mainstream Nigerian big names you didn’t know concentrated on law.. Look at them

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1. Richard Mofe-Damijo (RMD)

 

Veteran Nollywood actor popularly referred to as RMD had his first degree in Theatre Arts from the University of Benin.

After making an indelible impact in the make believe industry as an actor, RMD went back to the University of Lagos in 1997 to earn a degree in Law to fulfil his mother’s life long wish for her son to be a Lawyer.

He was subsequently called to the Nigerian Bar.

2. Femi Adebayo

 

Actor, film producer and a proprietor of a school of art in Ibadan, Femi was born to an actor father, Otunba Adebayo Salami so for him, acting runs in his vein.

But Femi did not rise to the peak of his acting career until in the 2000s. Even though Femi studied law from the University of Ilorin, Kwara and later got Master of Arts (MA) Degree in Theatre Art, he had started acting before he went to the university.

After graduation Femi practiced law for some years specializing in estate and property law before acting got a better part of him. Femi is a toast of movie producers in the Yoruba movie genre.

3. Tara Durotoye

 

4. Funke Akindele

 

For her first it was Mass Communication, a course she abandoned after obtaining an Ordinary National Diploma in it from the Moshood Abiola Polytechnics, Ogun state.

She later went to University of Lagos to study Law but before she was done in the university, entertainment has eaten deep into her.

Her first appearance on television drama was in ‘You Need to Know’ as a teenager. After graduation, Funke Akindele never tried going to the Law School as she knew what she wanted to be before graduation.

5. Kelechi Amadi-Obi

 

Celebrity photographer, Kelechi Amadi-Obi is a qualified Lawyer from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.He is the publisher of Mania Magazine.

6. Kemi Adetiba

 

Kemi started her romance with the entertainment industry as a Law undergraduate when she was working as an On-Air-Personality on Rythym 93.7.

After discovering her interest in entertainment, TV host and musical video director, Kemi Adetiba, went on to study Film Making in New York Film Academy. Kemi is the brain behind several great music videos.

7. Omawumi Megbele

 

Omawumi graduated from the Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma, Edo state where studied law in 2005.

She worked briefly at her brother’s law firm, O.S Megbele and Associates before she contesting for the Idols West Africa in 2007.Omawumi embraced entertainment through her participating in West African Idols where she emerged as the first runner up and ever since she has embraced music forgetting her wigs and gown.

8. Falz

 

For somebody like Falz many were taken aback when he abandoned Law which foe entertainment. This is because Falz, born Folarin Falana is the son of erudite lawyer and social commentator, Femi Falana.

Falz studied Law in the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. After Law school Falz worked in his father’s chambers for a while before following his heart desire.