EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION.
Paul Babatunde Daudu, SAN hails from Ogori/Magongo Local Government Area of Kogi State. He was born in Zaria, Kaduna State on the 15th of November 1985, to the family of Chief Joseph Bodunrin Daudu, SAN, (Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association) and the Late (Barr.) Mrs. Ranti Bosede Daudu as the first of seven children of the family.
He received his primary education at Sacred Heart Primary School in Kaduna (1990-1996) and completed his secondary education at the prestigious Adesoye College in Offa, Kwara State in 2002.
He then proceeded to the United Kingdom for his higher education, where he attended Queen Mary University of London. At Queen Mary University of London, he completed the International Foundation Course in Social Sciences in 2004 and also graduated with LLB Hons in 2007.
Despite several job offers to work in the United Kingdom, he returned to the Nigerian Law School, Bwari-Abuja Campus where he obtained his qualifying certificate and was called to the Nigerian Bar on the 18th of November 2008. After his call to the Nigerian Bar, Mr Daudu proceeded to undergo the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Program where his primary place of assignment was the law firm of Abdullahi Ibrahim SAN & Co Immediately after completing his NYSC Program, Paul returned to his alma mater, Queen Mary University of London for a master’s program and graduated with LLM (with Distinction) in Corporate and Commercial Law in 2010.A CORE BAR MAN.
Throughout his illustrious career, Paul Daudu SAN has also distinguished himself as a core bar man by serving the Nigerian Bar Association in various capacities both at the National and Branch Level from very tender years at the bar.
Most Notably, Mr Daudu is currently the serving Chairman of the NBA Bwari Branch (The Cradle Bar) where he is fondly referred to by his members as ‘the Capacity Chairman” owing to his dynamic, progressive and altruistic leadership style in piloting the affairs of the Branch.
His track record of service to the Bar includes but is not limited to the following positions;
- National Secretary, NBA Young Lawyers
Forum (2010-2012) - Deputy Editor, Unity Voice Magazine
- Secretary, Law Week Committee, NBA Abuja (2012)
- National Chairman, NBA Young Lawyers’ Forum (2012-2014)
- Member, NBA National Executive Council (2011-2014) (2022-till date)
- Member, NBA Technical Committee on
Conference Planning (2015 AGC, Abuja) - Secretary, Rule of Law Development Foundation (RODLF) (2016-present)
- Chairman, Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Committee, NBA Bwari Branch (2019-2023)
- Chairman, Law Week Committee, NBA Bwari
Branch (2021-2023) - Chairman (National), NBA Young Lawyers’
Forum Advisory Board (2022-2024)
Chairman, Nigeria Bar Association, Bwari
Branch (Cradle Bar) (2023-present) Mr Daudu is a member of the International Bar Association and the Common Wealth Lawyers Association. He is also a financial member of the Section on Public Interest Development Law (SPIDEL) and the Section of Business Law (SBL).He is happily married to his darling wife Augustina and is blessed with two lovely children; Nicole and Ariella.