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Ex-AGF, Bola Ajibola, dies at 89

The former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Bola Ajibola, is dead.

It was gathered that Ajibola, a former judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), died on Saturday night at the age of 89.

The eldest child of the former minister, Segun Ajibola, SAN, confirmed the death of his father via a statement issued on Sunday.

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“With very deep heart and gratitude to Almighty Allah, our dad, Prince Bola Ajibola, departed this world over midnight. May Almighty Allah bless him with Aljanah Firdaus,” he stated.

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

He was an ICJ judge in The Hague, Netherlands, from 1991 to 1994.

The former AGF, who was the founder of Crescent University, Abeokuta, Ogun State, was also appointed the High Commissioner of Nigeria to the United Kingdom from 1999 to 2002.

He also had a one-year tenure as the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).

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