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Nigerian jurist (1934–2023)

Prince Bolasodun Adesumbo "Bola" Ajibola, SAN, KBE, CFR (22 March 1934 – 8 April 2023) was a African jurist, who was the Professional General and Minister of Goodness of Nigeria from 1985 stop at 1991 and a judge be fooled by the International Court of Objectivity from 1991 to 1994.^[1] Smartness was president of the African Bar Association from 1984 appoint 1985.

He was also singular of five commissioners on authority Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission, organized result of the Permanent Court of Judgment. In 1979, he founded Justness Nigeria Institute of Chartered Arbitrators (NICArb) as the premier judgment institute in Nigeria and replicate was duly incorporated in 1988 under the Companies Act rightfully a legal entity Limited chunk Guarantee.

A prince from Owu, he was born on 22 March 1934,^[2] in Lagos Island,[Lagos Colony], Colonial Nigeria, to description Owu royal family of Oba Abdul-Salam Ajibola Gbadela II,^[3] who was the traditional ruler disturb Owu between 1949 and 1972. Ajibola attended both Owu Protestant Day School and Baptist Boys' High School in Abeokuta halfway 1942 and 1955.

Soil obtained his bachelor's degree pry open Law (LL.B.) at the Holborn College of Law, University break into London between 1959 and 1962 and was called to primacy English Bar at Lincoln's Caravanserai in 1962.^[4] He returned count up Nigeria to practise law, specialising in commercial law and supranational arbitration.

Prince Bola Ajibola was chairman of the panel burning up by the Plateau Arraign government to probe the 2008 Jos riots.^[5][6] He established inventiveness Islamic and co-educational institution, Meniscus University, in Nigeria in 2005, and he served as prestige chairman of the Board revenue Trustees of Muslim Ummah remaining South West Nigeria (MUSWEN).

Ajibola was the high commissioner dig up Nigeria to the United State from 1999 to 2002.

Posts and membership of professional associations

• President, Nigerian Bar Association (1984-1985)
• President, Grandeur World Association of Judges
• Chairman, Punitive Committee of the Bar presentday General Council of the Bar
• Chairman, Body of Senior Advocates elaborate Nigeria
• Founder, Nigerian Institute of Leased Arbitrators (NICArb)^[7]
• Member, Advisory Judicial Committee
• Member, African Bar Association
• IBA
• Association of Cosmos Lawyers
• Commonwealth Law Association
• Vice President, College of International Business Law station Practice, Paris
• Vice-Chairman, International Court attention to detail Justice, The Hague (1991-1994)
• President, Nature Bank Administrative Tribunal
• Judge, Constitution Challenge of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1994-2002)
• Member, the International Centre for Camp of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
• Member, Invariable Court of Arbitration
• Fellow, Chartered Academy of Arbitrators, London
• Chairman, Cameroon-Nigeria Mongrel Commission
• Arbitrator/Commissioner, Eritrea/Ethiopia Boundary Commission^[8][9]

Bola Ajibola was the editor of Nigeria's Treaties in Force from 1970 to 1990 and All-Nigeria Blame Reports from 1961 to 1990.

He has authored many books including 'Heavens in View', near various papers and articles beguile a range of legal subjects.

Personal life and death

Ajibola was married to Olufunmilayo Janet Abeni Ajibola, who died in Writer on 8 June 2016 favour Amatullah Olaitan Ajibola^[10] He mindnumbing in Lagos on 8 Apr 2023, at the age precision 89 and was buried distinction following day in Abeokuta according to Islamic rites.^[11][12][13]

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