Background
Ajayi was born on May 29, 1931 at Ijebu Ode, a city in Ogun State southwestern Nigeria.
Ajayi was born on May 29, 1931 at Ijebu Ode, a city in Ogun State southwestern Nigeria.
He had his elementary education at Ijebu Ode Nursery School and Street Saviours" School in Lagos state before he later attended Content Management System Grammar School where he obtained the West African School Certificate in 1948.
He proceeded to the London School of Economics where he received a bachelor"s degree in Law. Ajayi was called to the English Bar in 1955 and the Nigerian bar in 1957. He was elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 1978, along with Chief Kehinde Sofola, Remi Fani-Kayode and Obafemi Awolowo, the national leader of the defunct Unity Party of Nigeria.
He was the defunct Universitas Pembangunan Nasional"s lawyer and Awolowo"s solicitor in the Awolowo v.
Late Justice Kayode Eso, presided over the case. He was also Moshood Abiola"s solicitor in the case of annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election.
Ajayi died on March 31, 2013 at the Intensive Care Unit of Reddington Hospital in Lagos State.