Nigeria’s Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has expressed sadness over the passing of a former Judge of the International Court of Justice in the Hague, Netherlands, and former Attorney-General of the Federation, AbdulJabbar Bolasodun Adesumbo Ajibola better known as Prince Bola Ajibola.
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He stated that with the passing of the late Prince Bola Ajibola, the Nigerian legal profession has lost one of its finest and most authoritative voices.
The Speaker recalled that the late legal luminary was instrumental to the entrenchment of law and order for decades in Nigeria and across the globe.
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He said that it was on record that many Nigerian lawyers have undergone the tutelage of the late Prince Bola Ajibola, who was a one-time president of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA).
The Speaker noted that the late Prince Bola Ajibola, who passed away around midnight of Sunday, April 9, made Nigeria and Nigerians proud when he served in various capacities at the International Court of Justice (ICJ); President of the Jurists Association of the World Association of Judges; member of the United Nations Compensation Commission on Iraq’s Invasion of Kuwait, among many others.
He also said that Prince Bola Ajibola’s contributions to the legal profession in Nigeria and the world would remain indelible in the sands of time.
Speaker Gbajabiamila however sent his heartfelt condolences to the family of the late Prince Bola Ajibola, the entire Egbaland, the people and the Government of Ogun State over what he described as a monumental loss.
He equally prayed to Almighty Allah to have mercy on the soul of the late legal icon and grant him a peaceful resting place in Jannatul Firdaus.
In a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Speaker, Lanre Lasisi, the speaker said that in addition to the many positions he held, the late Prince Bola Ajibola was the Oluomo of Egbaland and Olori Omo Oba of Owu Kingdom until his demise.
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