Justice Adegboye Gbolagunte of the Oyo State High Court has died, his family has announced.
He was 64 years old.
A statement on Tuesday by the deceased’s eldest son, Oladiran Gbolagunte, said Justice Gbolagunte died on Monday.
Mr Gbolagunte said his father passed on during a brief illness in a hospital in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
Justice Gbolagunte, who was born on December 10, 1959, left behind his wife, Wuraola; son, Oladiran, a digital technologist with specialisation in network communications; a daughter, Oladoyin, a lawyer and an accountant; and another son, Oladotun, also a lawyer.
According to the statement, the family called for prayers for the repose of the soul of their father, who also has four grandchildren.
The statement also appreciated those who have paid condolence visits to the family, including the Chief Judge of Oyo State, Justice Iyabo Yerima.
The wife of the deceased was on hand to receive Justice Yerima at the home of the Gbolaguntes.
Publisher of The Eagle Online, Dotun Oladipo, the younger brother of Wuraola Gbolagunte, was present when the Chief Judge visited.
A condolence register has been opened at the home of the Gbolaguntes and at the headquarters of the Oyo State Judiciary in Ibadan.
Before joining the bench, Justice Gbolagunte started as a journalist, having studied mass communication at the University of Lagos.
After getting his degree in law from the University of Ibadan, he continued lecturing at The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State. He practised as a lawyer in Lagos and Oyo states.
His family played a huge role in the siting of a campus of The Polytechnic, Ibadan in Eruwa, where they hail from.
His father, Davidson Gbolagunte, a former speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly in the defunct Second Republic, was instrumental in this.
Justice Adegboyega Gbolagunte also lectured law and law-related courses at The Polytechnic, Ibadan; Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Ogba, Lagos and Radio Nigeria Training School, Shogunle, Lagos State at different times before 1995.
