TheCable<\/a>, the former minister passed away.<\/p>\n\u201cAsalamaleikun. With profound gratitude to the Almighty Allah… Our father, Prince Bola Ajibola, left this planet at midnight,” a family member wrote.<\/p>\n
“May Allah Almighty grant him Aljanah firdaus.”<\/p>\n
Ajibola served as justice minister from 1985 to 1991 under the military regime of Ibrahim Babangida.<\/p>\n
He served as a judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, from 1991 to 1994.<\/p>\n
From 1999 to 2002, Ajibola served as the high commissioner of Nigeria to the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n
He also served as president of the Nigerian Bar Association for one year (NBA).<\/p>\n
He established Crescent University in Abeokuta, Ogun state.<\/p>\n
Ajibola died seven years after his wife, Olufunmilayo, passed away in London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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