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Adetokunbo was also a member of the United
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During
Ademola's tenure, the federal government changed from colonial rule to a parliamentary system, then to military rule. Ademola as head of the judiciary was not found wanting as a man respected by his peers and who was able to compromise and accord respect for the judicial branch of government.
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After his retirement from the judiciary, Ademola was appointed chairman of the newly created
Nigerian Census Board, a predecessor to the current National Population Commission. The board conducted a national census in 1973 and at the end of the exercise a total provisional figure of 79 million was
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in London in 1934. After returning to
Nigeria and at the insistence of his father, he joined the Civil Service and from 1934–35, he worked as crown counsel in the Office of the Attorney-General. He then joined the unified Nigerian administrative service and for a year, he was posted to Enugu as
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In 1955, a year before
Western Nigeria became internally self-governing, Sir Adetokunbo was appointed Chief Justice for Western Nigeria, thus becoming the first Nigerian head of the judiciary anywhere in the country. His string of 'firsts' continued when, three years later, he became the first
268:. At the age of four, he lived briefly with his maternal grandfather, Pa Alakija, in Abeokuta, and a year later he started his primary education at the Roman Catholic School in Itesi, Abeokuta. He moved back to Lagos when he was eight to live with his mother in the family compound on
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He finished his secondary education in 1925 and passed the Senior
Clerical Examination for admission into the colonial Civil Service. He gained appointment as a clerk in the Chief Secretary's office of the National Secretariat, Lagos. From 1928 to 1931, Ademola studied law at
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However, some critics perceived he was lenient towards the executive branch. Ademola preferred a unified judiciary. Even though he was once a regional Chief
Justice, it did not deter his preference for a unified structure.
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reported. The figure was rejected by most
Southern states who were not happy that the proportion of people resident in the North had a much higher increase from the previous census that those living in the south.
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Ademola II, the Alake of Egbaland, Abeokuta, a historic walled city of the Egbas in south-western Nigeria. His mother was a senior sister to Sir
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and Ayinke vs Ibidunni, he delved into the issue of customary law. He was also involved in various constitutional cases during the period. Some of the cases are
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Gowon's Nigeria : excerpts of interviews with General Yakubu Gowon
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