Ige, Bola
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Name (Latin)
Ige, Bola
Other forms of name
Bola, Uncle
Ige, Ajibola Adegoke
Ige, James Ajibola Idowu
Date of birth
1930-09-13
Date of death
2001-12-23
Place of birth
Zaria (Nigeria)
Place of death
Ibadan (Nigeria)
Associated country
Nigeria
Field of activity
Nigeria--Politics and government
Occupation
Attorneys general Lawyers Politicians
Associated Language
eng ibo hau yor
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- His "Forward march," 1981?:t.p. (Chief Bola Ige)
- LC data base, 7-22-85(hdg.: Ige, Ajibola Adegoke; usage: 'Bola Ige)
- The Honourable Attorney-General of the Federation ... 2003 (subj.)p. 4 of cover (b. Sept. 13, 1930, Esa-Oke; assassinated on Dec. 23, 2001)
- Celebration of life [VR], 2002:container box (Chief James Ajibola Ige (SAN), Sept. 13, 1930-Dec. 23, 2001) content (became known as Uncle Bola as result of authoring a newspaper column and as outgrowth of community affection)
- Wikipedia, Dec. 21, 2013(Bola Ige; James Ajibola Idowu Ige, SAN (Yoruba: Bọ́lá Ìgè); Nigerian lawyer and politician, becam Federal Minister of Justice for Nigeria; b. in Zaria, parents were Yoruba natives of Esa-Oke town; studied at Univ. of Ibadan, then University College London, law degree 1959; called to the bar in London's Inner Temple in 1961; spoke Yoruba, Ibo and Hausa fluently; sought nomination of the Alliance for Democracy party as a presidential candidate but was rejected; appointed minister of Mines and Power 1999-2000; Minister of Justice and Attorney General, 2000-2001; shot at his home in Ibadan, Oyo State)