Bola Ajibola, ex-minister of justice is dead

Prince Bola Adesumbo Ajibola, the former Judge of the International Court of Justice, Hague, Netherlands and former minister of justice, is dead.

He was aged 89.       

Ajibola, the founder of Crescent University, Abeokuta, passed away Saturday midnight after a long-time illness, his eldest son Segun Ajibola said in a statement.

Ajibola served as a minister of justice during the military regime led by Ibrahim Babangida.

He also served as the high commissioner of Nigeria to the United Kingdom.

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

He wrote, “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.”