Ex-AGF Bola Ajibola is dead

A former judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Prince Bola Ajibola, is dead at 89.
He passed away in the early hours of Sunday.
Mr Ajibola, a former Attorney General, was also the founder, Crescent University, Abeokuta.
Announcing his death via a statement on Sunday, Segun Ajibola, his eldest child, said, “with a very deep heart of gratitude to almighty Allah. Our dad, Prince Bola Ajibola departed the world over midnight. May Almighty Allah bless him with Aljanah Firdaus”.
Mr Ajibola also appointed the high commissioner of Nigeria to the United Kingdom from 1999 to 2002.
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