NIGERIA’S FIRST LAWYER
Christopher Alexander Sapara Williams (July 14, 1855 – March 15, 1915), son of an Ijesha father from Ilesha, Osun State, and an Egba mother from Abeokuta, Ogun State, was the first indigenous Nigerian lawyer called to the English bar. He also played a prominent political role during Nigeria’s colonial days.
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