A former Attorney-General of Nigeria,  Prince Bola Ajibola is dead.

The former judge of the International Court of Justice, Hague, Netherlands, died at 89, a statement signed on Sunday by the eldest child of the late jurist, Segun Ajibola, SAN said.

According to the statement, Ajibola, the founder of Crescent University, Abeokuta, died on Saturday midnight after a long-time illness as a result of old age.

“We pray that Almighty Allah will pardon his shortcomings, accept his return and grant him a lofty station amongst His honoured friends in Paradise (Jannatul Firdaws)” the statement added.