The death of my townsman, Chief Richard Osuolale Akinjide, has been forcing two polarisations: those who saw nothing wrong with his judicial and political career, and those on the other hand who saw him as one of the legal outlaws who set the tone for the ongoing desecration of our temple of justice.
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Members of the Federal Executive Council have condoled with the family of Chief Richard Akinjide, a former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, who died on Tuesday at the age of 89.
Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, has described the demise of the Second Republic Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Richard Akinjide (SAN), as the end of an era and a huge loss to Oyo State, the legal profession, the Federal Republic of Nigeria and indeed the world at large.
Toye Akinrinlola, the Public Relations Officer of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, confirmed to newsmen that the former AGF was brought in dead at about 2am on Tuesday