18 years after he was assassinated, Nigerians on Twitter are today remembering Chief Bola Ige.
Ige, who was Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, was assassinated by yet to be identified gunmen on December 23, 2001.
Chief James Ajibola Idowu Ige was the Commissioner for Agriculture and later Ministry of Lands and Housing in the Western State during the tenure of General Adeyinka Adebayo.
Bola Ige was also the former Governor of Old Oyo State (1979 – 1983) (now split into Oyo and Osun States).
He was Minister of Power and Steel and also the former Attorney General and Minister of Justice of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999 – 2001) during Olusegun Obasanjo’s tenure as Nigerian president.
During his tenure as the Governor of Oyo state, he introduced and implemented free education at all levels in Oyo State.
He was also a prolific writer, and for many years, he wrote in Sunday Tribune ‘Uncle Bola’s Column’. He is the author of Golden Quotes, Detainee’s Diary (1992), People, Politics and Politicians of Nigeria (1995), Constitution and the Problems of Nigeria (1995) and Kaduna Boy (1991).
See below a few tweets from Nigerians remembering Chief Bola Ige on the 18th anniversary of his assassination:
