Bolasodun Adesumbo Ajibola KBE

Order of the British Empire

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 (born March 22, 1934) was a former Attorney General and the Minister of Justice

Nigerian Federal Ministry of Justice

The Nigerian Federal Ministry of Justice is the legal arm of the Federal Government of Nigeria, primarily concerned with bringing cases before the judiciary that are initiated or assumed by the government. It is headed by the Attorney General, who is also Minister of Justice...

 of Nigeria from 1985 to 1991 and a former Judge of the International Court of Justice

International Court of Justice

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 from 1991 to 1994. He was also the president of the Nigerian Bar Association

Nigerian Bar Association

The Nigerian Bar Association is the umbrella body of all lawyers admitted to practice law in Nigeria.Any lawyer who satisfies the members of the Body of Benchers that they have good character and proficiency in the Bar Final Examination from the Nigerian Law School is automatically admitted.The...

 from 1984-85.

Born on March 22, 1934 in Owu, near Abeokuta

Abeokuta

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, Nigeria, to Oba Abdul-Salam Ajibola Gbadela II, who was the traditional ruler of Owu between 1949 and 1972, Ajibola attended Owu Baptist Day School and Baptist Boys’ High School both in Abeokuta between 1942 and 1955. He obtained his Bachelors Degree in Law (LL.B) at the Holborn College of Law, University of London between 1959 and 1962 and was called to the English Bar at the Lincoln’s Inn in 1962. He returned to Nigeria to practise the Law, specialising in Commercial Law

Commercial law

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 and International Arbitration

International arbitration

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He was the chairman of the panel set up by the Plateau State

Plateau State

Plateau State is the twelfth largest state of Nigeria, and is roughly located in the center of the country. It is geographically unique in Nigeria because its boundaries totally surround the Jos Plateau, having the Jos Plateau totally in its central and northern part...

 government to probe the 2008 Jos riots

2008 Jos riots

The 2008 Jos riots were riots involving Christians and Muslims over the result of a local election on November 28 and 29, 2008 in Jos, a community in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria. Two days of rioting left over 400 injured and 381 killed...

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