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BREAKING: Former justice minister, Prince Bola Ajibola, is dead

BREAKING: Former justice minister, Prince Bola Ajibola, is dead

Prince Bola Ajibola, a former Attorney-General of the Federation and founder of the Crescent University in Abeokuta Ogun State, is dead.

Ajibola, also a former Judge of the International Court of Justice, Hague, Netherlands, died at 89.

He was said to have died on Saturday midnight after a prolonged illness.

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The jurist’s eldest son, Segun Ajibola, SAN, confirmed this in a statement on Sunday in Abeokuta.

He stated, “With very deep heart and gratitude to Almighty Allah.

“Our Dad, Prince Bola Ajibola, departed this world over midnight. May Almighty Allah bless him with Aljanah Firdaus.”

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