ChiefGodwin Olusegun Kolawole Ajayi, SAN (29 May 1931 – 31 March 2014) popularly known by his initials GOK Ajayi, was a prominent Nigerian lawyer.[1]
Early life
Ajayi was born on 29 May, 1931, at Ijebu Ode, a city in Ogun State southwestern Nigeria.[2] He had his elementary education at Ijebu Ode Nursery School and St Saviours' School in Lagos state before he attended CMS Grammar School where he obtained the Cambridge School Certificate in 1948.[3]
He went to the London School of Economics where he received a bachelor's degree in law.[4]
He was the lawyer of the now-defunct Unity Party of Nigeria and Awolowo's solicitor in the Awolowo v. Shagari case on 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.[6] The late Justice Kayode Eso, presided over the case.[7]
He was Moshood Abiola's solicitor in the case of annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election.[8]
Ajayi died on March 31, 2013, in the intensive care unit of Reddington Hospital in Lagos State.[9]
^Lanre Adewole; Bola Badmus; Ayomide Owonibi; Matthew Asabor (31 March 2014). "GOK Ajayi dies at 83". Nigerian Tribune. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
^Davidson Iriekpen and Tobi Soniyi (31 March 2014). "GOK Ajayi Passes On at 83". This Day Live. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
^Adedeji Adams, Ajibola Abayomi, Sola Shittu, Gbenga Faturoti, Oladele Ogunsola (17 November 2012). "Justice Kayode Eso dies at 87". Daily Independent. Archived from the original on 13 March 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)