Nationality Nigerian Awards SAN
CON
MON Ethnicity Yoruba Name Kehinde Sofola | Citizenship Nigerian Children Kayode Sofola | |
Born 10 March 1924 ( 1924-03-10 ) Ogun State, Nigeria | ||
Occupation lawyer
solicitor
judge | ||
Kehinde Sofola 10th Year Memorial Lecture and Chief Femi Okunnu
Chief Kehinde Sofola, QC, SAN, MON, CON (March 1924 – April 2007) was a prominent Nigerian Jurist and Minister of Justice during the Second Nigerian Republic.
Contents
- Kehinde Sofola 10th Year Memorial Lecture and Chief Femi Okunnu
- Early life and career
- Personal life
- References
Early life and career
Chief Sofola was born on March 10, 1927 in Ogun State southwestern Nigeria. He was Call to the bar on September 11, 1954. He was the founder of Kehinde Sofola's Chamber a law firm in Lagos State where Ayotunde Phillips, the Chief Judge of Lagos State began her career on September 1976.
Personal life
He was an elder brother to Idowu Sofola, the Chairman of the Nigerian Body of Benchers. His eldest son Kayode Sofola is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former Chairman of United Bank for Africa.
References
Kehinde Sofola Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA