Emmanuel Oluwasegun Fagbenle is a Nigerian judge who served as Yahya Jammeh's last Chief Justice of the Gambia from 2015 to 2017, until the 2016 presidential election.
Fagbenle served as Director of Public Prosecutions and a Judge of the Court of Appeal in the Gambia. He was appointed to the Court of Appeal in 2009.[1] He also served as President of the Court of Appeal.[2] Fagbenle was appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Gambia, and served as its Acting Chief Justice from 4 February 2014, when Mabel Agyeman was dismissed, to 6 March 2014, when Ali Nawaz Chowhan was appointed.[3]
Fagbenle was appointed as Chief Justice on 13 May 2015, to replace Ali Nawaz Chowhan, a Pakistani justice.