Akhmed Yakoob (born 1987 or 1988[1]) is a British criminal defence lawyer.
Yakoob studied law at the University of Wolverhampton and graduated with a 2:2 degree classification.[2]
Yakoob was admitted as a solicitor on 15 May 2014.[3] He is a director of Maurice Andrews Solicitors, of Birmingham.[1]
He is active on TikTok, where he has 200,000 followers.[1]
Yakoob ran as an independent candidate in the May 2024 West Midlands mayoral election, finishing third place with almost 70,000 votes.[4] During the campaign, he posted on social media the name and workplace of a Labour canvasser, whom he accused of using racial slurs in a video. Police concluded that the canvasser did not say anything racist.[5] The Solicitors Regulation Authority opened an investigation into Yakoob's video.[6]
At the July 2024 general election, Yakoob stood as an independent candidate for the Birmingham Ladywood constituency,[2] finishing second with 12,137 votes.[7] During the election campaign, it was revealed that he had said in a podcast that "70% of hell is going to be women", and had not condemned another guest who said he would give his wife a "backhander" if she made money dancing on TikTok. He subsequently issued an apology.[1]