Emmanuel Olayinka Olayinka Ayoola

Background

Ayoola, Emmanuel Olayinka was born on October 27, 1933 in Ilesha, Oyo, Nigeria. Arrived in The Gambia, 1983. Son of Emmanuel Olanrewaju and Dorcas (Longe) Ayoola.

Education

Bachelor of Laws, London University, 1957. Bachelor of Arts with honors, University of Oxford (England), 1959. Called to Bar at Lincoln"s Inn London, 1958.

Enrolled Superior Court of Nigeria, 1959.

Sole practice, Nigeria, 1959-1976. JudgeHigh Court, Oyo State, Nigeria, 1976.

Justice of appeal The Gambia Ct.Appeal, 1980-1983, chief justice The Gambia, since 1983. Company-editor: Nigeria Monthly Law Report, 1964-1976.

Chairman Western Nigeria Housing Corporation,1974, Commonwealth Africa Conference.

Career

He is also a judge of the Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. He was called to the English Bar at Lincoln"s Inn in 1957. In 1959 he was admitted as Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

Foreign seventeen years he had a private legal practice in Ibadan, Oyo State.

In 1976 he was appointed a Judge of the High Court of Western Nigeria, and soon after a judge of the High Court of Oyo State. He served as a Justice of the Court of Appeal of the Gambia (1980–1983) and was Chief Justice of the Gambia (1983–1992).

He was Vice President of the World Judges Association in 1991. He was President of the Court of Appeals of Seychelles, and Justice of the Court of Appeal of Nigeria (1992–1998), Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria (1998–2003), retiring in October 2003 at the mandatory age of 70.

He then became the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission of Nigeria (2003–2005) and Chairman of the Working Committee on Law Revision of the Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2000.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations appointed Ayoola as President of Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (2004–2005), set up to try those responsible for the Sierra Leone Civil War. He has edited the Seychelles Law Digest, the Law Reports of the Gambia, and the Nigerian Monthly Law Reports. In 2005 Ayoola was appointed Chairman of the, replacing Mustapha Akanbi on his retirement.

In August 2008, Ayoola said that all acts of corruption that hamper government efforts in the fight against corruption should attract a mandatory sentence to life imprisonment without remission.

Achievements

• Emmanuel Olayinka Ayoola has been listed as a noteworthy Gambian chief justice by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Western Nigeria Housing Corporation, 1974, Commonwealth Africa Conference Chief Justices and Judges, 1986—1988. Member of Nigeria Bar Association (honorary assistant general secretary 1968), Ibadah Club (Nigeria).

• Nigeria Bar Association (honorary assistant general secretary 1968)

• Ibadah Club (Nigeria)

Interests

• Music, gardening, walking.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Bola Adelabu, January 27, 1962. Children: Yemisi, Buki, Wole, Yinka, Tosin, Leke.

Father:

Emmanuel Olanrewaju Ayoola

Mother:

Dorcas (Longe) Ayoola

Spouse:

Elizabeth Bola Adelabu

child:

Leke Ayoola

child:

Yemisi Ayoola

child:

Yinka Ayoola

child:

Tosin Ayoola

child:

Buki Ayoola

child:

Wole Ayoola