LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY, [LASU] LAWS STUDENTS EMERGE WINNERS OF THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ADVOCATE CONTEST

Sina Akinmusire, a 500 level law student, and Titilope Ibrahim, a 300 level law student of the Lagos State University have emerged winners at the Intellectual Property Law Advocate Contest held at the University of Ilorin on the 12th of January, 2022.

According to reports, the I.P Advocate Contest featured two stages. The first stage was an essay competition on “Re-Directing Nigeria’s IP Enforcement Policy to Curb Counterfeit Food Distribution”. After the round, five teams from higher institutions across the nation emerged as finalists.

At the finals, teams presented blueprints on the intersection between Food, Drug and Intellectual Property at the end of which Sina Akinmusire and Titilope Ibrahim of LASU were announced as winners. The competition was sponsored by SPA Ajibade & Co., Pavestones and other notable law firms.

While receiving the students at her office on Tuesday, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, mni, expressed her happiness at the students’ performance. “On behalf of the university management, I congratulate you for coming first in the competition and doing us proud. Well done”, she said. She went on to announce a cash gift of fifty thousand naira only (N50,000) to each of the students in line with her promise to encourage highflyers in the university.

The students were accompanied on the presentation by the Dean of the Faculty, Prof. Gbadebo Olagunju; immediate-past Dean, Prof. F.A.R Adeleke and another member of the Faculty, Dr. Rufus Olaoluwa.