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Bola Ige (James Ajibola Idowu Adegoke Ige) was born on 13 September, 1930 in Esa Oke, Southern Region, British Nigeria (now in Osun State, Nigeria), is a Nigerian politician (1930–2001). Discover Bola Ige's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?

Popular As James Ajibola Idowu Adegoke Ige
Occupation Politician · lawyer
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 13 September 1930
Birthday 13 September
Birthplace Esa Oke, Southern Region, British Nigeria (now in Osun State, Nigeria)
Date of death 23 December, 2001
Died Place Ibadan, Nigeria
Nationality Niger

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1930

Chief James Ajibola Idowu Ige SAN (Bọ́lá Ìgè ; 13 September 1930 – 23 December 2001), simply known as Bola Ige, was a Nigerian lawyer and politician.

James Ajibola Idowu Adegoke Ige was born in Esa Oke, Osun State in the South Western part of Nigeria on 13 September 1930.

His parents were Yoruba natives of Esa-Oke town, in the old Oyo State (now in Osun State).

Ige left Kaduna and headed south to the Western region at the age of 14.

1943

He studied at Ibadan Grammar School (1943–48), and then at the University of Ibadan.

1959

From there, he went to the University College London, where he graduated with a law degree in 1959.

1961

He was called to the bar in London's Inner Temple in 1961.

Ige established Bola Ige & Co in 1961, and later became a Senior Advocate of Nigeria.

He became well known in the country for his oratory prowess, as well as his advocacy work on civil rights and democracy.

Ige's faith was Christianity.

Uncommonly, Ige spoke all the three major Nigerian languages, Yoruba, Ibo and Hausa fluently.

He wrote several books, and an anthology of articles and tributes about him was published shortly after his death.

1963

During the First Republic (1963–66), at the age of 31 he was at the centre of the Action Group crisis, when Chief Obafemi Awolowo was pitted against his deputy, Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola.

He became a rival of Olusola Olaosebikan for succession to Obafemi Awolowo.

1967

Ige was a Commissioner for Agriculture in the now-defunct Western Region of Nigeria (1967–70) under the military government of General Yakubu Gowon.

In 1967, he became a friend of Olusegun Obasanjo, who was a commander of the army brigade in Ibadan.

1970

In the early 1970s, during the first period of military rule, he devoted his time to the anti-racism campaign of the World Council of Churches.

Towards the end of the 1970s he joined the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), the successor to the Action Group.

1979

He previously served as governor of Oyo State from 1979 to 1983 during the Nigerian Second Republic.

When General Olusegun Obasanjo initiated the Second Republic, he was elected as governor of Oyo State from October 1979 to October 1983.

Adebisi Akande, later to be governor of Osun State after it was split off from Oyo State, was his deputy governor during this period.

1983

In the 1983 elections, when he ran for re-election as the UPN candidate, he was defeated by Dr. Victor Omololu Olunloyo.

Ige unsuccessfully challenged the election in court.

However, Olunloyo lost the seat three months later to a coup staged by Generals Muhammadu Buhari and Tunde Idiagbon.

Ige was detained after the coup, accused of enriching himself with party funds.

1985

He was released in 1985, after the next coup, by Ibrahim Babangida, and returned to his legal practice and to writing.

1990

In 1990, he published People, Politics And Politicians of Nigeria: 1940–1979, a book that he had begun while imprisoned.

He was one of the founders of the influential Yoruba pressure group, Afenifere.

Although critical of the military rule of General Sani Abacha, Ige avoided political difficulties during this period.

1999

Following the restoration of democracy in 1999, Ige sought the nomination of the Alliance for Democracy party as a presidential candidate, but was rejected.

President Obasanjo appointed Ige as minister of Mines and Power (1999–2000).

He was not able to make significant improvements to service provided by the monopolistic National Electric Power Authority (NEPA).

2000

He served as Federal Minister of Justice of Nigeria from January 2000 until his assassination in December 2001.

He then became Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (2000–2001).

2001

In September 2001, Ige said that the Federal government had initiated a program to re-arrange and consolidate the laws of the Federation, publish them in digital form, and make them available on the website of his ministry.

He campaigned ardently against the imposition of the Sharia law in the northern states of Nigeria.

In November 2001, he said that the Federal government would not allow the Sokoto State government to execute the judgement of a verdict passed by a Gwadabawa sharia court to stone a woman, Safiya Hussaini to death for committing adultery.

Ige was about to take up a new position as a member of the United Nations International Law Commission when he was gunned down in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

On 23 December 2001, Ige was shot dead at his home in the south-western city of Ibadan.

He had been entangled in squabbles within his Alliance for Democracy party in Osun State.