Former Nigeria’s Attorney-General, Richard Akinjide is dead

Former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Chief Osuolale Richard Akinjide is dead.

The 88-year-old legal icon died in his Ibadan, Oyo State, home. According to the Nation, the cause of his death is yet to be revealed by his family.

The frontline Yoruba leader was a Minister of Education in the first republic, during the government of Prime Minister, Alhaji Tafawa Balewa and Minister for Justice in the second republic, during the administration of President Shehu Shagari.

He was a member of the judicial systems sub-committee of the Constitutional Drafting Committee of 1975-1977 and later joined the National Party of Nigeria in 1978.

He became the legal adviser for the party and was later appointed the Minister for Justice.