Emmanuel Otinyia is a senior partner at F & B Attorneys and the secretary/trustee of Ideal Africa Foundation. Emmanuel is a well breed litigation lawyer who has been exposed to dispute resolutions in both contentious and non-contentious matters. He started practice as a litigation counsel with Justice Development and Peace/Caritas of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto where he got involved in civil rights advocacy under the watch of Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto.

He later gained employment in a leading law firm in Abuja, Nigeria where he handled numerous corporate briefs for reputable corporate organizations such as CCECC Nigeria Limited, Fidelity Bank Plc and other organizations. He is vast in Alternative Dispute Resolution, general civil litigation, debt recovery, employer employee disputes, corporate dispute resolution, land dispute, criminal defence, legal drafting, corporate compliance, election petition, etc.

He presently serves as legal Consultant to the Kukah Centre for Faith and Leadership Research, where he advices on national peace resolution and development. He is a lover of football, chess and he is happily married.