Bola A. Ajibola

Background

Ajibola, Bola A. was born on March 22, 1934 in Lagos, Nigeria. Son of Oba A.S. and Adikatu (Ashakun) Ajibola.

Education

Degree, Holborn College, London U.

Career

Principal, partner, Bola Ajibola & Company, Lagos, Ikeja, Abeokuta, and Kaduna former attorney general and federal minister justice, Ministry of Justice, Nigeria member Nigerian delegate, United Nations, 1986; member, judge, International Court Justice, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1991-1994. Founder African Law Ministers Conference, Abuja, 1989. Temporary president United Nations General Assembly 17th Special Session, 1990.

Task force Revisions of Laws of the Federal, 1990. Chair, General Council of the Bar, Disciplinary Committee of the Bar, Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy. Member Nigeria Police Coun, International Law Comm., (Permanent) Court of Arbitration, The Hague, Interstate Commerce Commission Court of Arbitration, International Maritime Arbitration Comm, Panel of International Arbitrators, London Institute of Arbitrators, International Advisory Committee of World Arbitration Institute.

Vice president Institute Internat Business Law and Practice, Paris. National chair World Peace Through Law Center.

Achievements

• Bola A. Ajibola has been listed as a reputable Nigerian judge by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Chartered Institute Arbitrators, Nigerian Institute Advanced Legal Studies. Member Nigerian Bar Association (president 1984-1985), African Bar Association, International Bar Association, Commonwealth Law Association, World Arbitration Institute, Association World Lawyers, Society for the Reform of Criminal Law.

Connections

Married, 1961; 5 children.

Father:

Oba A.S. Ajibola

Mother:

Adikatu (Ashakun) Ajibola