Nabo Graham-Douglas

Nabo Bekinbo Graham-Douglas, SAN ( 15 July 1926 – 18 December 1983)[1] was a Nigerian Lawyer who became Federal Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in 1972.

[2][1] Graham-Douglas began his elementary education at Nyemoni Primary School in Abonnema and then attended Kalabari National College in Buguma.

[3] After returning to Nigeria, Graham-Douglas set up a private practice and won recognition for the many successful cases he defended.

He remained in that post for three years, and then in 1972, he was appointed Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice for the Federation in the regime of General Yakubu Gowon.

[4] After the coup of July 1975 which overthrew the Government of General Yakubu Gowon, Graham-Douglas lost his post as Attorney-General and went once more into private practice until his death on 18 December 1983.