He is the Deputy Head of Chambers of F.B.A. Nabena & Co. He graduated from Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma in 2003 with a Second Class Lower Division Degree in Law and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2005. 

He is a very meticulous, sound and enterprising Litigation Lawyer. Mr Augustine Ikhalea worked in Dele Ojogbede & Co. and Charles Mekwunye & Co. before joining F.B.A. Nabena& Co. in 2017, Lagos branch, Head Office.

Augustine Ikhalea is a very versatile lawyer and litigation expert with vast experience in handling matters in superior courts and broad appellate court experience with eyes for details in his research skills. He is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Arbitrators.