A Judge of the Oyo State Judiciary, Justice Adegboye Gbolagunte, is dead, aged about 65.
His death was made known yesterday, June 25, in a statement by his eldest son, Oladiran.
The statement said that Justice Gbolagunte died on Monday, June 24, after a brief illness in an Oyo hospital.
It said that the deceased, until his death, was serving in the Oyo State High Court.
The the statement said that Justice Gbolagunte, who was born on December 10, 1959, left behind his wife, Wuraola; son, Oladiran, a Digital Technologist with specialisation in Network Communications; a daughter, Oladoyin, a lawyer and an accountant; and another son, Oladotun, also a lawyer.
The statement said that the family appreciated those who have paid condolence visits, first among who was the Chief Judge of Oyo State, Justice Iyabo Subulade Yerima, who was received by wife of the deceased.
The Publisher of The Eagle Online, Dotun Oladipo, who is the younger brother of Wuraola Gbolagunte, was present when the Chief Judge visited.
The statement said that a condolence register has since been opened at the home of the Gbolaguntes and at the headquarters of the Oyo State Judiciary in Ibadan.
It narrated that before he joined the bench, Justice Gbolagunte started out as a journalist, having studied Mass Communications at the University of Lagos.
After getting his degree in Law, from the University of Ibadan, he continued with his lecturing at The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State and practiced as a lawyer both in Lagos and Oyo States.
The statement said that his family played a huge role in the siting of a campus of The Polytechnic, Ibadan in Eruwa, where they hail from.
His father, Chief Davidson Mokolade Gbolagunte, a former Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly in the defunct Second Republic, was instrumental in this.
Late Justice Gbolagunte also lectured law and law related courses at The Polytechnic, Ibadan; Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Ogba, Lagos; and Radio Nigeria Training School, Sogunle, Lagos State at different times before 1995.
