A retired judge of the High Court of Lagos State, Justice Isiaka Isola Oluwa is dead.
Justice Oluwa, aged 102 died in his home at Ilupeju, Lagos in the early hours of today.
A source disclosed that he will be buried at the Atan Cemetery, Yaba at 4 pm, according to Islamic rites.
He was born on June 23, 1918, to Lagosian parents in Cross River State.
Justice Oluwa will be remembered as the judge that sentenced Lagos socialite, Alhaji Jimoh Isola, a.k.an Ejigbadero, to death for the murder of a farmer, Raji Oba over land disputes, in 1975.
He attended Forcados Government School, Bonny; St Bartholomew’s School, Degema; Government School, Sapele; and King’s College, Lagos.
Justice Oluwa also attended School of Agriculture, Samaru-Zaria, University of London where he studied Law, and Lincoln’s Inn, London, where he was called to the Bar in 1957.
The late jurist worked severally as lecturer, Farm Management, University of Ibadan(1949-50), Lecturer, School of Agriculture, Samaru-Zaria, and Extension Manager, Zaria Province.
He started his law practice after he returned back to Nigeria from London and formed Oluwa, Kotoye and Co. He was appointed High Court judge on June 1, 1974. He retired on June 17, 1983.
Justice Oluwa at various times was Member, Board of Governors, Glover Memorial Hall (1965-1974), member, Lagos Town Council, Member, Reorganization of Local Government, Lagos State, and Pro-Chancellor of Lagos State University, Ojo.
Also, for many years, he was the chairman of the Association of Lagos indigenous retired judges.
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