Meet UNILORIN’s First Female Professor of Islamic Law: Prof. Azizat Omotoyosi Amoloye-Adebayo

The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has appointed its first female Professor of Islamic Law, Prof. Azizat Omotoyosi Amoloye-Adebayo, an alumni of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto.

The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has appointed its first female Professor of Islamic Law, Prof. Azizat Omotoyosi Amoloye-Adebayo. She earned her LLB in Common and Islamic Law from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, her LLM from the University of Ibadan, and her PhD in Sharī‘ah and International Human Rights Law from the University of Nottingham, UK.

Currently serving as the Head of the Department of Islamic Law at UNILORIN’s Faculty of Law, Prof. Amoloye-Adebayo has held various positions, including Deputy Director at the University of Ilorin Consultancy Services, Coordinator of the University of Ilorin Muslim Ladies Circle, and Vice Chairperson of the University of Ilorin Muslim Community.

She is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, a Commonwealth Scholar, and Vice President of the Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows Alumni Association of Nigeria.

Additionally, she is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in both Nigeria and the UK, and a Non-Resident Visiting Fellow at ICLARS, Utah, USA (2019-2020).

Prof. Amoloye-Adebayo is also an African Humanities Program Fellow with the American Council of Learned Societies (2021) and a Research Fellow at the Research Institute for Theology and Religion, University of South Africa (2022-2025).

Her research focuses on Islamic Law, International Human Rights Law, Human Rights Violations, Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Islamic Law of Inheritance, Islamic Family Law, Law and Religion, Gender Issues in Law, and Feminist Theories and Islam.

Prof. Amoloye-Adebayo has contributed to and authored chapters in numerous academic works, including “Judicial Dialogue and Human Rights” (Cambridge University Press, 2017), “Achieving Sustainable Energy for All in Africa” (Oxford University Press, 2018), “Law and Religion in the Commonwealth: The Evolution of Case Law” (Hart Publishing, 2022), and the forthcoming “Religion and National Security” (2024).

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