Bola Ajibola, an accomplished jurist, arbitrator --Ex-AGF, Bayo Ojo

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*Prince Bola Ajibola


(Nigeria) Former Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Chief Bayo Ojo, SAN, has paid glowing tributes to the former Judge of International Court of Justice, Hague, Netherlands, Prince Bola Ajibola, describing him as an accomplished jurist, arbitrator and educator.

The former Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, President, in his condolence message, said the late jurist would be greatly missed, adding that his death was a big loss to the legal profession, the education sector, and Nigeria as a whole.
He described Prince Ajibola as a superb patriot, a totally committed public servant, a detribalized Nigerian.
He noted that the outstanding lawyer and eminent Jurist used his God given knowledge, intellect and talent to advocate for justice, fairness and equity in all his undertakings within and outside Nigeria.
According to the former AGF, the late Ajibola also contributed to the development of Nigeria’s educational sector as founder of Crescent University, Abeokuta, Ogun State.

*Chief Bayo Ojo

He described him as a great Nigerian, an unimpeachable patriot, a sound legal mind, and a quintessential legal luminary of global reputation, whose death would marked the end of an eventful career of an exceptional Nigerian, whose love for country was exceptional.
His said "Bola Ajibola was an exceptional patriot and lover of the Nigerian nation, a legal mind per excellence, a consummate administrator, and a very good man. With the passing of Prince Bola Ajibola, the Nigerian nation has lost an irreplaceable icon”.
"He was a legendary arbitrator, and at different times the president of the NBA (1984-1985), president, The World Association of Judges, chairman, Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria and president, World Bank Administrative Tribunal, among other notable accomplishments.
"He made positive impacts during his life. Having risen to the pinnacle of his career, took his brilliance in law practice to the International Court of Justice at The Hague where he served meritoriously between 1991 and 1994."
He praised the deceased’s contribution to the judiciary and education sectors as a lawyer, World Court Judge and founder of one of the foremost private universities in Nigeria saying, "He was a great humanitarian, who lived a life dedicated to the peace, unity and development of Nigeria.
“I feel a deep sense of loss on hearing the news of the demise of our former Attorney-General, Ajibola: a great Nigerian, an unimpeachable patriot, a sound legal mind, humanist, and a quintessential legal luminary of global reputation. His death, no doubt, marked the end of an eventful career of an exceptional Nigerian, whose love for country was total, he added.
Ajibola, a prince from Owu, was born on March 22, 1934, in Owu, near Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. He was born to the Owu royal family of Oba Abdul-Salam Ajibola Gbadela II.
He attended Owu Baptist Day School and Baptist Boys’ High School in Abeokuta between 1942 and 1955, and obtained his bachelor’s degree in Law at the Holborn College of Law, University of London, between 1959 and 1962.
Ajibola was called to the English Bar at the Lincoln’s Inn in 1962 but also came back to Nigeria to practise.

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