Michael Agbamuche

Michael Ashikodi Agbamuche (16 August 1920 – 17 April 1998) was a former Attorney General and Minister of Justice for the Federal Republic of Nigeria from September 1994 to 1997, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN),[1] was elected in 1979 to the Federal House of Representatives[2] and the Nnaobodo of Akwukwu-Igbo.

Michael Agbamuche was born on 16 August 1920 in Akwukwu-Igbo where he attended St John's Anglican primary school.

He worked as a clerical officer at the then government secretariat Kaduna until he passed his Senior Cambridge exams and proceeded to london for further studies.

He enrolled in a one-year introduction course at the Battersea Polytechnic Institute now the University of Surrey from 1950 to 1951[3][failed verification] before proceeding to King's College London where he obtained a degree in Law.

In September 1994 he was appointed Attorney General & Minister for Justice for the Federal Republic of Nigeria, a position he held until 1997.