Ajibola, a jurist for the ages, Buhari, Obasanjo, others pay tributes | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

Former governor of Ogun State, Segun Osoba ; son of the deceased, Segun Ajibola and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the burial of former Attorney-General of the Federation, Bola Ajibola in Abeokuta, Ogun State, yesterday.• Ozekhome: A legal icon who used the law for the massesThe body of Ajibola was interred within the premises of Islamic Mission for Africa , Abiola Way area of Abeokuta, after the Islamic Janazah prayer, led by Chief Imam of Egbaland, Sheik Sa’dallah Bamgbola.

Born on March 22, 1934 in Abeokuta, Ajibola attended Baptist Boys High School, Oke Saje, Abeokuta and University of London. He was president of the Nigerian Bar Association between 1984 and 1985. He was Attorney-General and Minister of Justice of Nigeria from 1985 to 1991, and a judge of the International Court of Justice, Hague, Netherlands, from 1991 to 1994.

Also, Ogun governor, Dapo Abiodun, commiserated with the nation’s judiciary on the death of Ajibola. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin, Abiodun described Ajibola’s death as a big loss to the judiciary, saying his legacies in the judiciary, philanthropy and the educational development would never be forgotten.

“Besides, he was a great religious influencer and philanthropist who established the faith-based Crescent University in his hometown, Abeokuta,” he said. “My dad was an extremely humorous person and generous to a fault, we are all beneficiaries of his love and his affection and his wisdom and discipline, we will miss him dearly without a doubt,” he added.

“In international law and arbitration, Ajibola was as much at home as he was with municipal laws. Having literally conquered the legal space and the world court space, he returned to Nigeria a very humble man. Former NBA president, Austine Alegeh , said: “Ajibola was a nice man. He knew the law and worked for the law. He interpreted the law very well and ensured everything was done according to the law. He never interpreted the law to suit anybody’s position. He interpreted it according to what he believed the law was.

“He used to contend that those were successes arising from the fact that he was there. In other words, we were progressing. But some argued that that was not sufficient progress. For him, he was certain that the alternative of not engaging the military was worse. So, the legacy some people believe was that he substantially improved the human rights record under the military as an attorney general at that time.

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