*Ogun State Judiciary To Observe A Proceedings-free Day On July 03, 2023, In His Honour

Hon. Justice Olatokunbo John Bamgbose of the Ogun State Judiciary is dead. He passed on June 30, 2023 at the age of 63 years old.

Up until his passing, Justice Bamgbose served as an Elder for the Glory Tabernacle Ministry.

He began practicing law as a student of the late Olisa Chukwura, SAN, and then had his own legal office in Ibadan, Oyo State, before being chosen to serve as a judge in the Ogun State Judiciary.

He was married to Professor Oluyemisi Bamgbose, SAN, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research, Innovation, and Strategic Partnerships at the University of Ibadan.

The Digest of Judgments of the Supreme Court of Nigeria was written by him.

He is survived by his wife and three legal practitioners who are also his children.

In a statement following the passing of the legal luminary, the Nigerian Bar Association, Ibadan Branch said: “His death is a great loss to the Judiciary, the Bar, and the Nation as a whole having contributed in no small measure during his lifetime to the development of the justice sector and good governance through the instrumentality of law.” The statement was signed by the branch’s publicity secretary, Oluwatobi O. Fatoki. May God Almighty grant solace to the mourning mourners, his friends and family, and may he find eternal rest.

The late Justice OJ Bamgbose has received tributes.

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Meanwhile, the Ogun State Judiciary announced that it will observe a day without proceedings in memory of Hon. Justice O. J. Bamgbose.

It was made known that the Chief Judge of Ogun State, Hon. Justice (Dr.) M. A. Dipeolu, FICMC, FHNR, has ordered that all courts in Ogun State shall not sit on Monday, the 3rd of July, 2023, due to the loss, according to a circular sighted by TheNigeriaLawyer and signed by the Deputy Chief Registrar (Legal), O. O Adebo (Mrs.

All Court Registrars/Heads of Registries, High and Magistrate Courts in Ogun State were instructed to interpret the circular in the craziest way possible. The circular was dated July 2, 2023.