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Former ICJ Judge, Bola Ajibola, Is Dead

He was the president of the Nigerian Bar Association from 1984 to 1985.

A former Attorney General and the Minister of Justice of Nigeria and  formerJudge of the International Court of Justice, Prince Olasodun Adesumbo Bola Ajibola, is dead.

The death of the Owu born Prince, was announced in a statement by his eldest child, Segun Ajibola,  SAN  stating that the late Jurist died early Sunday in his Abeokuta, Ogun State, home.

The statement said,  “With very deep heart and  Gratitude to Almighty Allah.

“Our Dad Prince Bola Ajibola departed this world  over the midnight . May Almighty Allah bless him with Aljanah firdaus.”

Ajibola  who was the founder of Crescent University, Abeokuta, was the president of the Nigerian Bar Association from 1984 to 1985.

He was also one of five commissioners on the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission, organized through the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

He was the High Commissioner of Nigeria to the United Kingdom from 1999 to 2002.

James Sowole in Abeokuta

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