The oldest retired judge of the High Court of Lagos State, Justice Isiaka Isola Oluwa has died at age 102.
Justice Oluwa died in his home at Ilupeju, Lagos in the early hours of Saturday and he will be buried at the Atan Cemetery, Yaba, according to Islamic rites.
The judge will be remembered as the judge that sentenced Lagos socialite, Alhaji Jimoh Isola, a.k.a Ejigbadero, to death for murder of a farmer, Raji Oba over land disputes, in 1975.
He was born on June 23, 1918 to Lagosian parents in Cross River State and 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 to Nigeria from London and formed Oluwa, Kotoye and Co. He was appointed High Court judge on June 1st, 1974 and retired on June 17, 1983.
Justice Oluwa at various times was member of Board of Governors, Glover Memorial Hall (1965-1974), Lagos Town Council, 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.
