Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and wife Dolapo and ex-governor of Ogun State Segun Osoba on Sunday attended the funeral of the former attorney general of the federation and minister of justice Bola Ajibola in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital.
Ajibola, the founder of Crescent University, Abeokuta, died in the early hours of Sunday after a long-time illness. He was aged 89.
Obasanjo, Osinbajo and Osoba witnessed the Islamic funeral rites and subsequent burial.
Also present was businessman Tunde Folawiyo and former deputy governor of Lagos State Sinatu Ojikutu among others.
The deceased was a judge of the International Court of Justice, Hague, Netherlands.
Ajibola’s eldest child Segun Ajibola (SAN) announced his death in a statement.
The statement said, “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 was the president of the Nigerian Bar Association from 1984 to 1985.
He was also one of five commissioners on the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission, organised through the Permanent Court of Arbitration.
He was the High Commissioner of Nigeria to the United Kingdom from 1999 to 2002.
