HOD's Profile

Dr. Aderonke Abimbola Ojo
Head of Department
Dr. Aderonke Abimbola Ojo was born on 16th of July, 1978. She had her primary school education at St John Mary Demonstration pry school, Owo, Ondo State in the year 1989 and her secondary school education was at Owo High School, Owo, Ondo State in the year 1995. She immediately gained admission to The Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti where she obtained her Ordinary National Diploma in Business Administration in the year 1996. She obtained her first degree as a graduate of law from the University of Ado Ekiti in the year 2002 where she had the award as the best graduating law student for her set after which she went to the Nigerian Law school, Lagos campus where she bagged her B.L. In the year 2006, she bagged a LLM degree from the University of Ibadan where she graduated as the best graduating student in her class with various awards and prizes. She bagged her Ph.D in law from Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti in the year 2017.
Dr. Ojo was the Acting Head of Department, Private and Property Law, Ekiti State University between 2019 -2021 but became the Acting Head of Department, Jurisprudence and International Law, Ekiti State University in year 2021 to date. Dr Ojo Aderonke Abimbola was employed in 2004 at the Lawtext Publishing Company in Lagos where she worked as an Editor; Legal text Publishing Company, Ojodu Berger, Lagos as a Deputy Editor in the year 2005 before relocating to Abuja in Year 2006 to establish a law publishing firm. In the year 2007, she was employed as a Lecturer II at the University of Ado Ekiti after which she was later promoted as Lecturer 1. She was promoted to the position of Senior Lecturer in the year 2018 and still remains a staff of the Faculty of Law. She is a veteran teacher and legal practitioner who teaches Law of Torts, Legal System, Equity and Trust, arbitration and some other courses. She is passionate and highly effective with success in strategies to develop student’s academic skills and raise their level of confidence though interactive teaching. She is an accomplished legal practitioner and law teacher who is greatly respected for willing to share her vast knowledge of law. Her motto has always been do what is right but nor what is easy.