The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbanjo, former president Olusegun Obasanjo and former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba who is a National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) were among dignitaries who paid the last respect to the late former World Court Judge., Prince Bola Ajibola
Penpushing reports that late Attorney – General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, died in the early hours of Sunday and his remains were committed to mother earth within the premises of Islamic Mission for Africa (IMA) in Abeokuta
The remains of Ajibola were earlier taken to his residence at the Olusegun Obasanjo Hilltop Estate, Abeokuta, Ogun state capital, and later moved in an Ebony motor hearse along with family members from Lagos where he was reported to have died.
Penpushing further reports that Chief Imam of Egbaland, Sheik Sa’dallah Bamgbola led Janazah prayer before the final interment of the renowned legal, which was also witnessed by Deputy Governor of Ogun State, Engr(Mrs) Noimot Salako-Oyedele, Chief Justice of the State, Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu, Chief Imam of Egbaland, Sheik Sa’dallah Bamgbola among others.
The first son of the deceased, Segun Ajibola earlier in an interview with journalists, described his father as a passionate personality whose interest was the unity of the country, adding that the late former judge would be sorely missed for his sense of humour, generosity and religious beliefs.
‘As you can see, we are making all arrangements possible to lay him down for God Almighty to take charge of this afternoon, so that’s why we are all here making several efforts. We want to thank all those who have called us from far and wide, from the world courts, from across the country, from the north, from the east, all over, friends, family and a lot of people who our father had worked with over the years’, he said.
“Internationally, they have all heard about it and they have been calling us and sending us their best wishes. What we ask for is that all those who wish us well should keep us in their prayers this day and the day ahead of us as we continue with all the efforts to give him a befitting burial’, Ajibola added.
‘My dad was a very passionate person, very deep and highly religious in all the efforts he made in establishing a university which has an Islamic flavour in terms of the Islamic Center he had set up and the way he had conducted himself and his life within the tenets of the religion’.
“For us, as a father, he meant so many things, he was very loving, caring, but he was a strict disciplinarian, very firm and very tough. He was a thorough personality as he never allowed us to get out of hand in any way he could help, and we remember him for his high level of humour. My dad was a extremely humorous person and generous to a fault, we are all beneficiaries of his love and his affection and his wisdom and discipline, we will miss him dearly without a doubt”, he added
Penpushing also reports that the Vice Chancellor of Crescent University, Abeokuta, established by the deceased, Prof. Ibraheem Gbajabiamila, eulogized him, pointing out that his investments in education cannot be forgotten.
“It is indeed a sad occasion for the nation we have lost an icon, we have to remember the service the proprietor Ajibola haf provided to the nation. When he retired at 70, was when he decided to found a university as he was concerned about the loss of our students especially those traveling abroad when there are opportunities here as well’, Gbajabiamila said.
‘The number of students’ capability at that time and totally caring capacity of universities was only 350,000. So, his license for a university was able to proceed to found Crescent University as a way of assisting other private universities. We still have a challenge in terms of the number of students sitting for JAMB, how he was always concerned about that and of course he was concerned about brain drain”, he stated
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