Jamiu founded ELLAN in 2015 with colleagues while he was an associate in a leading commercial law firm in Lagos Nigeria. He is a Trustee of the Association and involved in its general administration. Jamiu is a law graduate of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, where he obtained his first degree in 2007 and subsequently obtained an LLM from the University of Lagos.

Jamiu is currently a Legal Counsel within the Global Litigation team of the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC). Before joining SPDC, he was a dispute resolution Counsel in Adepetun Caxton-Martins Agbor & Segun, a top-tier commercial law firm where he was part of the employment litigation team.
In his years of practice, Jamiu has advised extensively on employee wrongful termination claims, redundancies, executive compensation,
compensation for workplace injuries and has also represented high net worth clients in State and Federal Courts. During his stint as an advocate he tried several employment related cases at the National Industrial Court, including
some precedent setting outsourcing/triangular employment matters.
Jamiu is a prolific writer and has written articles on various areas of employment law. His book, The Employment Law Handbook remains
one of the leading resources for lawyers and human resource professionals on contemporary employment law issues. Apart from being a founding member and trustee of the Employment and Labour Lawyers Association of Nigeria “ELLAN”, he is also a member of the NBA Employment and Industrial
Relations Sub-committee and the International Bar Association. Jamiu gives back to society as a member of Rotary International and regularly volunteers for civil duties.