Bola Ajibola, former Attorney-General dies at 89

Prince Bola Ajibola is dead. He death is coming seven years after his wife, Olufunmilayo, died in London.

Ajibola, former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, died at the age of 89. He passed away in the early hours of today, Sunday.

The eldest child of the late jurist, Segun Ajibola, SAN, disclosed this in a statement, on Sunday in Abeokuta.

“Asalamaleikun. With very deep heart and gratitude to Almighty Allah, our Dad, Prince Bola Ajibola, departed this world over the midnight,” the family source wrote.

“May Almighty Allah bless him with Aljanah firdaus.”

Ajibola was the Minister for Justice from 1985 to 1991 under the military government led by President Ibrahim Babangida, IBB.

From 1991 to 1994, he was a judge of the International Court of Justice, ICJ, in The Hague, Netherlands.

Ajibola was also appointed the High Commissioner of Nigeria to the United Kingdom, UK, from 1999 to 2002.

He was President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, and the Founder of Crescent University, Abeokuta, Ogun state.