Nationality Nigerian Name GOK Ajayi | Citizenship Nigerian Ethnicity Yoruba | |
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Born May 21, 1931 ( 1931-05-21 ) Ogun State, Nigeria Died March 31, 2014, Lagos, Nigeria | ||
Occupation lawyer
solicitor
judge | ||
Part 4: Kola Abiola Reveals Why GOK Ajayi Wasn't The Right Counsel To Represent MKO
Chief Godwin Olusegun Kolawole Ajayi, SAN (May 21, 1931 - March 31, 2014) popularly known by his initials GOK Ajayi was a prominent Nigerian Jurist.
Contents
- Part 4 Kola Abiola Reveals Why GOK Ajayi Wasnt The Right Counsel To Represent MKO
- Early life
- Law career
- References
Early life
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 St Saviours' School in Lagos state before he later attended CMS 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.
Law career
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 UPN's lawyer and Awolowo's solicitor in the Awolowo v. Shagari case of September 26, 1979 in which Chief Obafemi Awolowo's petition challenged the declaration of Shehu Shagari as the winner of the August 11, 1979 presidential election. 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.