Bola Ige

Infobox Politician
name=James Ajibola Ige
nationality=Nigerian


imagesize = 185px
order=Governor of Oyo State
lieutenant=Sunday Afolabi
term_start=1979
term_end=1983
predecessor=Paul Tarfa
successor=Victor Olunloyo
order2=Minister of Justice
lieutenant2=
term_start2=January 3 2000
term_end2=December 23 2001
predecessor2=Kanu Godwin Agabi
successor2=Bayo Ojo
order3=Minister of Power and Steel
term_start3=May 29, 1999
term_end3=2000
birth_date=birth date|1930|9|13|mf=y
birth_place=Esa-Oke
death_date=death date and age|2001|12|23|1930|09|13
death_place=Ibadan
spouse=Atinuke Ige
alma_mater=
occupation=Lawyer
religion= Christian Anglican


party=Action Group (Nigeria), Unity Party of Nigeria, Alliance for Democracy

James Ajibola Idowu Ige (September 13 1930 - December 23 2001) simply known as Bola Ige was a Nigerian and prominent Yoruba politician. He was born in Esa-Oke village, now in Osun State.

He became a prominent attorney in Nigeria and achieved fame as a civil rights and democracy activist. Ige served as governor of Oyo State from October 1979 to October 1983, shortly before the 1983 coup. Following the restoration of democracy in 1999, Ige continued to be politically prominent, and was appointed justice minister and attorney-general of Nigeria in 2000. He served in the latter position until his death: he was gunned down in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. He wrote several books. After his death, an anthology of articles and tributes about him was published.

Books

*Ige, Bola/ Golden quotes : a selection of my favourite inspirational quotations / Bola Ige. Ibadan : Pocket Gifts ; Oxford : African Books Collective [distributor] , c2000. x, 163 p. ; 19 cm. ISBN 9781294965
*Ige, ’Bola. "Detainee’s diary" Ibadan : NPS Educational, 1992. 262 p. ; 23 cm. ISBN 9782556459
*Ige, Bola. "Constitutions and the problem of Nigeria" Lagos : Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 1995. 36 p. ; 21 cm. ISBN 9782353434

References

*Banjo, Ayo (Ed.) "Bola Ige: Passage of a Modern Cicero. An anthology of views, reviews and tributes, dedicated to the Nigerian politician assassinated in 2001." B/w illus, 215pp, NIGERIA. BOOKCRAFT LTD, ISBN 978203049X 2003 Paperback
*Ladigbolu, A. G. A., prince. "The success of Bola Ige administration in the old Oyo State of Nigeria" . [Nigeria] : Lichfield Printing Co., [2003] vii, 160 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. ISBN 9783049828