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President Buhari Mourns Late Akinjide

Emmanuel Onminyi by Emmanuel Onminyi
April 21, 2020
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President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with government and people of Oyo State over the death of former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Chief Richard Akinjide.

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Akinjide died in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital in the early hours of Tuesday after a brief illness aged 88.

In a statement by Femi Adesina, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, President Buhari described Akinjide showered encomium on the late legal luminary.

The statement read:

President Buhari condoles with family members, friends, professional and political associates of the legal icon, who made remarkable impact on the country as Minister of Education in the First Republic, Minister of Justice and Attorney General in the Second Republic, and member of Judicial Systems Sub-committee of the Constitutional Drafting Committee of 1975-1977.

The President joins the Olubadan of Ibadan Court, Nigerian Bar Association and entire Judiciary in mourning the legal luminary, affirming that he used his rich experience and knowledge in serving the country and humanity.

President Buhari prays that the almighty God will grant the departed eternal rest, and comfort his family.

Born in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital in the early 1930s to an influential family of warriors, the late foremost lawyer and Ibadan high chief attended Oduduwa College, Ile-Ife, from where he passed out in Grade One (Distinction, Aggregate 6).

He travelled to the United Kingdom in 1951 for his higher education and was called to the English Bar in 1955 and later to the Nigerian Bar. He established his law firm, Akinjide & Co soon after.

The frontline Yoruba leader was a Minister of Education in the first republic, during the government of Prime Minister, Alhaji Tafawa Balewa and Minister for Justice in the second republic, during the administration of President Shehu Shagari.

The late Akinjide also serves as a chieftain in the Olubadan of Ibadan’s court of clan nobles. As Attorney General, it was under his watch that Nigeria temporarily reversed executions of armed robbers. The Abolition of a decree barring exiles from returning to the country.

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