About Olufunlola Adekeye
Born 1942. Olufunlola Adekeye is a Nigerian lawyer and judge.
Justice Olufunlola Oyelola Adekeye is a Nigerian judge. She was the second woman to be appointed an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria (JSC).
Life Adekeye attended St Anne's School Ibadan for her secondary school education. She served on the Court of Appeal before appointment to the Supreme Court. Her Supreme Court appointment, along with that of John Fabiyi, was confirmed by President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua on 6 March 2009.
In 2012 Justice Adekeye declared that "writing judgments is not for lazy jurists."
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Who is Olufunlola Adekeye?
Nigerian judge
When was Olufunlola Adekeye born?
Olufunlola Adekeye was born in 1942 in Osun State.
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Olufunlola Adekeye is a lawyer and judge.
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Olufunlola Adekeye is Nigerian.
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