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GOK Ajayi

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31: 138:. 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. He went to the 416: 355: 586: 473: 243: 294: 591: 447: 386: 324: 424: 596: 363: 571: 155: 532: 477: 251: 159: 139: 111: 576: 508: 581: 302: 186: 182: 175: 394: 332: 490: 566: 561: 446:
Adedeji Adams, Ajibola Abayomi, Sola Shittu, Gbenga Faturoti, Oladele Ogunsola (17 November 2012).
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Ajayi died on March 31, 2013, in the intensive care unit of Reddington Hospital in Lagos State.
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on September 26, 1979, in which Chief Obafemi Awolowo's petition challenged the declaration of
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as the winner of the August 11, 1979, presidential election. The late Justice
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Lanre Adewole; Bola Badmus; Ayomide Owonibi; Matthew Asabor (31 March 2014).
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in 1955 and the Nigerian bar in 1957. He was elevated to the rank of
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Ajayi was born on 29 May, 1931, at Ijebu Ode, a city in
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Ogun State, Nigeria
Chief
SAN
Nigerian
Ogun State
Nigeria
London School of Economics
law
English bar
Senior Advocate of Nigeria
Kehinde Sofola
Remi Fani-Kayode
Obafemi Awolowo
Unity Party of Nigeria
Unity Party of Nigeria
Awolowo v. Shagari case
Shehu Shagari
Kayode Eso
Moshood Abiola
O. T. Fagbenle
Luti Fagbenle
Oladapo Fagbenle
Temi Fagbenle
"Gok Ajayi, 1931-2014: A Progressive Lawyer"
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"Legal giant GOK Ajayi dies at 82"
"GOK Ajayi goes home amidst eulogies, tributes"
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"GOK Ajayi: Falana, Osipitan, others mourn"

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