Olisa Agbakoba ɗan rajin kare haƙƙin ɗan Adam ne na Najeriya, lauyan ruwa kuma tsohon Shugaban ƙungiyar Lauyoyi ta Najeriya . Olisa Agbakoba an haife shi ne a ranar 29 ga Mayu 1953 ga Babban Mai Shari’a Godfrey Ubaka da Misis Phina Agbakoba a Jos . Daga baya ya koma Onitsha a 1965, shekaru biyu kafin yakin basasar Najeriya . Ya halarci Makarantar Firamare ta Gwamnati, Jos daga 1959 zuwa 1960, Hillcrest School, Jos; 1961, Makarantar Firamare ta Gwamnati Jos, 1962 1963; Zixton Makarantar Jama'a Ozubulu a 1964 da Christ the King College, Onitsha tsakanin 1966 da 1967. Agbakoba ya kuma halarci Kwalejin ilmin sanin yakamata a Enugu daga shekara ta 1970 zuwa shekara ta 1972, Kwalejin Gwamnati a Ughelli a shekara ta 1973, Jami'ar Nijeriya, Nsukka daga shekara ta 1973 zuwa shekara ta 1977, Makarantar Shari'a ta Najeriya a Legas a shekara ta 1978 da Makarantar London na Tattalin Arziki & Kimiyyar Siyasa daga shekara ta 1979 zuwa 1980 Yana da LLB (Hons) na Jami'ar Nijeriya, BL na Makarantar Koyon Doka ta Najeriya da LLM (1980) na Jami'ar London .