Dr. Tosin Ezekiel AYO became a Senior Lecturer in the year 2024 at the Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria. He was appointed the acting Head of Department, Business and Industrial Law on 1^st August, 2026. He is a legal scholar whose work sits at the intersection of International Environmental and Oil and Gas Law. He earned his LL.B degree from Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, where he won Prof. C.S. Ola’s Prize for Best academic performance in Environmental Law in the 2008/2009 academic session.

He was admitted to the Nigerian Bar in the year 2011 after graduating from the Nigerian Law School, Bwari campus, Abuja and subsequently proceeded to the University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom in September 2012 where he received a pioneer LL.M with Commendation), having obtained a Distinction Grade in His LL.M Dissertation and emerging with the result of the overall best performance in the Energy Law,  LL.M programme of the University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom in September 2013. He obtained his Ph.D in Law at the Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti in February 2024. His doctoral research, ‘An Appraisal of the Legal Regime of Offshore Decommissioning and Abandonment of Oil Installations in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry’ contributes to ongoing debates on reducing the environmental consequences of oil exploration in Nigeria’s oil-producing community. He demonstrated another exceptional performance as he bagged a CGPA of 5.0 out of 5.0 in the 2016/2017 Academic session in the M.Phil/Ph.D program, having obtained straight A’s in all courses and leading the class.- thus winning the EKSU Alumni/Institute of Peace and Conflict Management Prize as Overall Best Graduating M.Phil/Ph.D graduand with a Perfect Score of 5.0 CGPA- the very first in the history of the Faculty.

He is a prolific researcher with scholarly outputs including journal articles, published Books and Biographies, book chapters, and conference proceedings. He is a notable Paper Presenter and moderator at several academic and Law Practice for a too numerous to mention.  His teaching and research supervision is laced by humaneness, dexterity and professional proficiency imbued with both talent and character. 

Dr. T.E. Ayo teaches Oil and Gas Law, Introduction and Application of Computer to Law, Legal Research Methodology, Clinical Legal Education, Environmental Law and Criminology at the undergraduate level; Natural Resources Law and Advanced Legal Research Methodology at the Masters and Doctorate level. He thoroughly supervises students across all graduate and Postgraduate levels.

Dr. Ayo has attended several national and international conferences including the Offshore Europe, Aberdeen, United Kingdom in September 2013 and Dubiox De Gaulle International conference in Paris, France in May 2013. He is widely traveled across Europe, Africa and Asia, having visited several countries across 3 continents to date. He led the delegation of students of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti to their first ever international competition in Kenya (22^nd-28^th April, 2019) for the John H. Jackson International Moot Competition on International Trade Law and WTO Law where they performed creditably in the African sub region and coached them to the same competition at the University of Kabarak, Kenya in 2024.

He has undertaken several administrative and research roles, including the Staff Adviser of the Law Students’ Society; Diploma-in-Law Program Coordinator, Faculty Representative to the Entrepreneurship Study Centre, Faculty of Law Representative on ASUU EKSU Excess Workload Committee, member, Governance and AI Ethics policy Committee, member, Editorial Committee of the EKSU Law Faculty Journal and a member of the University Senate. He has equally reviewed several academic articles for reputable local and international journals.

He a recipient of several excellence, merit and service awards from the Law Students Societies at Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, the University of Ibadan, University of Aberdeen, etc as testament to his academic impact and productivity. 

Through his scholarship, leadership, and community engagement, Dr. Ayo continues to advance the growing frontiers of legal education, research innovation and productivity within the legal and academic community.