Mustapha Akanbi (jurist)

[1][2] [3] Muhammad Mustapha Adebayo Akanbi was born on 11 September 1932 at Accra, Ghana, to Muslim parents from Ilorin in Nigeria.

[3] Muhammad Mustapha Olaroungbe Akanbi, his son was also a lawyer who became the Chairman of the Ilorin branch of the Nigerian Bar Association.

[4] In 2000 President Olusegun Obasanjo appointed Akanbi as chairman of the newly established Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC).

He attributed the problem to lack of will by past military leaders to fight corruption, inconsistency in government policies, and reluctance by law enforcement agencies to arrest and prosecute "sacred cows".

In August 2009 he called on Nigerian Muslims to shun the ideas of the Boko Haram sect, which teaches that non-Islamic education is a sin.