March 24, 2018
Chief Idowu Sofola, a prominent Nigerian jurist, former President of the Nigerian Bar Association and President, Yoruba Council of Elders, YCE is dead.
News Agency of Nigeria reports that Secretary-General, YCE, Dr Kunle Olajide, confirmed that Sofola, died on Friday night in Lagos at the age of 84
The late lawyer succeeded retired Maj.-Gen. Adeyinka Adebayo, who passed on in 2017 as the President of YCE.
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Born on Sept. 29, 1934, Sofola was the first black to be appointed the Secretary of the International Bar Association (IBA).
He was also a prominent member of tAhe Ikenne Social Circle and the Obara Ruling House for the Alakenne Royalty.