Justice Roli Daibo Harriman is a Nigerian jurist and senior judicial officer with both domestic and continental roles in law and sports governance.
She is a High Court judge in Delta State, with a long career spanning litigation, judicial service, and legal education. She was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1984 and has practiced across various levels of the Nigerian court system before her elevation to the bench.
Beyond the courtroom, Harriman has a strong background in alternative dispute resolution (ADR). She has served as an ADR judge, mediator, and trainer, and was also a former senior lecturer at the Nigerian Law School, where she trained lawyers and mediators.
At the continental level, she is best known for her role in African football governance. In 2023, she was elected President of the Appeals Board of the Confederation of African Football, which is the body responsible for handling appeals on disciplinary and competition-related disputes in African football.
In that capacity, she sits at the apex of CAF’s judicial structure—effectively the final internal authority on football-related legal disputes in Africa, before matters proceed to external bodies like the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
In summary, Justice Harriman is a senior Nigerian judge, legal scholar, ADR specialist, and key figure in CAF’s judicial system, with influence that extends from Nigerian courts to the governance of African football.
