Elsie Nwanwuri Thompson alkaliyar babbar kotun jihar Ribas ne . An haife ta kuma ta girma a Fatakwal, ta yi aiki a matsayin Mataimakin Shugaban Kasa da Shugaban Kasa na Presidentungiyar ofasashen Duniya na Mata Lauyoyin Najeriya. Har ila yau, ita mutum ce mai taimako a taron karawa juna sani da taro. A ranar 27 ga Yulin 2010, ta zama 'yar Najeriya ta farko da aka zaba a Kotun Afirka kan' Yancin Dan Adam da na Jama'a na wa'adin shekaru shida. Ta kasance Mataimakin Shugaban kotun daga shekarar 2014 zuwa 2016. ta auri sir Emanuel and Allah ya albarkacesu da Yaya. Thompson ta samu digirin digirgir a fannin shari'a (LLB) tare da girmamawa daga Jami'ar Kwalejin Sarauniya Mary ta London . An shigar da ita mashaya a Ingilishi a shekarar 1984 sannan kuma an ba ta izinin shiga lauyan na Najeriya a shekarar 1985. Kimanin shekara 20, ta yi aiki a aikin lauya masu zaman kansu kuma ta yi aiki a kan batun haƙƙin ɗan adam musamman a kan haƙƙin mata.