Bola Ige – 50 Greatest Nigerians of All Time? (Video)
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This video features: James Ajibola Idowu Ige. Does he make the cut as one of the 50 Greatest Nigerians of All Time?
Bola Ige was a famous politician and civil activist, who rose to the rank of Oyo State Governor, then Attorney General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Bola Ige was gunned down in his prime, in 2001.
James “BOLA” Ajibola Idowu Ige
James Ajibola Idowu Ige was born in September 13, 1930 and was known as Bola Ige.
He was a Nigerian lawyer and politician. He became the Federal Minister of Justice for Nigeria.
Ige was born in Zaria, Northern Nigeria. His parents were Yoruba natives of Esa-Oke village, in the old Oyo State. Bola Ige left Kaduna and headed south to the Western region.
He studied at Ibadan Grammar School, and then studied at the University of Ibadan. From there, he went to the University College London where he graduated with a Law degree in 1959.
Bola Ige established Bola Ige & Co in 1961, and 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.
Towards the end of the 1970s he joined the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), the successor to the Action Group.
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. In the 1983 elections, when he ran for reelection as the UPN candidate, he was defeated by Dr. Victor Omololu Olunloyo.
Ige Bola was detained after the coup, accused of enriching party funds. He was released in 1985, after the next coup, by Ibrahim Babangida, and returned to his legal practice and to writing.
Following the restoration of democracy in 1999, Bola Ige sought the nomination of the Alliance for Democracy party as a presidential candidate, but was rejected. President Obasanjo appointed Bola Ige as minister of Mines and Power. He was not able to make significant improvements to service provided by the monopoly National Electric Power Authority.
He then became Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Bola Ige was about to take up a new position as African’s Representative on the United Nations International Law Commission when he was gunned down in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on December 21, 2001.
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This video series highlights the 50 GREATEST NIGERIANS OF ALL TIME.
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Our list of 50 Greatest Nigerians in History includes (but is not limited to:)
Abike Dabiri
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Agbani Darego
Ahmadu Bello
Bishop Ajayi Crowther
Alex Ekwueme
Aliko Dangote
Babatunde Olatunji
Bamanga Tukur
Ben Murray
Ben Okri
Bimbo Odukoya
Biship Francis Arinze
Bola Ige
Buchi Emecheta
Charles Soludo
Chief Osita Osadebe
Chinua Achebe
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Chioma Ajunwa
Chris Abani
Chris Anyawu
Dele Momodu
Dick Tiger
Dr Alban
Dora Akunyili
Ebenezer Obey
Fela Anikulapo Kuti
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Gani Fawehinmi
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Grace Williams
Hakeem Olajuwon
Ibrahim Gambari
Ifueko Omoigui
Jimi Agbaje
JJ Okocha
King Sunny Ade (Sunday Adeniyi)
Michael Adenuga
Moshood Kashimawo (MKO) Abiola
Ngozi Okonjo Iweala
Nnamdi Azikiwe
Nuhu Ribadu
Nwankwo Kanu
Obafemi Awolowo (Awo!)
Obiageli Ezekwesili
Odemegwu Ojukwu
Okey Ndibe
Olusegun Obasanjo
Patrick Utomi
Philip Emeagwali
Sade Adu
Samuel Peter
Seal
Tunde Baiyewu
Wole Soyinka
Yakubu Gowon
Muhammadu Buhari
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