A former Attorney General and Minister of Justice of Nigeria and former Judge of the International Court of Justice, Prince Bola Ajibola, is dead.
He died at age 89 after an illness associated with old age, according to family sources.
A statement by his eldest child, Segun Ajibola, stated that the jurist died early Sunday in his Abeokuta, Ogun State, home.
The statement reads:
“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 the founder of Crescent University, Abeokuta, was also the president of the Nigerian Bar Association from 1984 to 1985. He was the High Commissioner of Nigeria to the United Kingdom from 1999 to 2002.