B Tobi Wisdom Dafe
Tobi Dafe ESQ,
Abraka First Lawyer
Born March 18th 1920 in Urhuoka Abraka , Delta State. His parents were HRH King David Oghenegweke Dafe of Oguezi Urhuoka, Abraka and his mother was mama Uvwiemete of Oria Abraka.
He attended his primary school at sapele, and proceeded to Abeokuta Grammar school in Ogun state where he obtained his Cambridge certificate in 1947. He got his first job with the customs. While with customs, he served in Enugu, Calabar and port Harcourt. He resigned from customs and proceeded to the united kingdom in march 1956 and returned April 1964 to Nigeria.
Life in the United kingdom;
While in the United kingdom Tobi Dafe contested for the position of the president of the Nigeria Student’s Association (NSA) and won by a slight margin of three votes after conducting it for a second time in Manchester city. This prompted the Nigerian government to send delegates to the united kingdom to officially congratulate him, and this Delegation included prime ministers Tafa Balewa and Okotie Eboh.
Upon attaining a degree in law, he proceeded to inner Temple law school.
Tobi Dafe Returning to Nigeria.
He returned to Nigeria in April 1964, with a big welcoming ceremony at his home town Abraka where all his kinsmen were dressed up in one attire to receive the first man to travel overseas for studies, their first lawyer, and first graduate of Oruarivie Abraka.
He was called to bar in Nigeria ( NBA) and registered his law firm as Tobi Dafe and Associates ( Barristers and solicitors, Notary public) were he practiced for many years.
My father, my hero. A disciplinarian to the core. You were a very caring and loving father not just to us your children but to many.
You opened the doors at your house in Lagos and England to all your kinsmen, your kind heart gave birth to so many great things within and outside the family.
Your memories can never be wiped away!
Your legacy still lives!
Your love is still felt!
Your kindness can never be forgotten.
May your sweet soul continue to rest in peace!
Love you always daddy !
Tobi Wisdom Dafe
