AKINSANYA, Funlola Dolapo (Late)

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AKINSANYA,

Funlola

Dolapo

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Justice Dolapo Funlola Akinsanya, Former Judge of the Lagos high court.the judge who on November 10, 1993, declared as illegal, the Interim National Government (ING) of Chief Ernest Shonekan Born on February 24, 1941 to the Prof Sanya Onabamiro family, the late jurist attended Agbeni Methodist Primary School, Ibadan1948-1954. She proceeded to St Anne’s School Ibadan, for her Secondary School Education 1955-1959. She then proceeded to Victoria University of Manchester for her law degree 1962-1965. She attended the Nigerian Law School, Victoria Island, Lagos and was called to bar 1965-1966. A year later, she got married to reknown surgeon, Prof Bolaji Akinsanya on March 25, 1967. They were blessed with six children. She was in private legal practice between 1966 and 1976 before she joined the Lagos State Ministry of Justice as a Senior Legal Officer. She rose through the ranks as Assistant Director Civil Litigation, Secretary/Legal Adviser, LSDPC, and Director, Civil Litigation. She was appointed a judge of the High Court of Lagos State on October 31, 1989. As a judge, the late Justice Akinsanya was fearless, amiable, and very decent. She will be remembered for her role in stabilizing the Nigerian nation in the heady days of the Military when Military President, Gen Ibrahim Babangida annulled the June 12, 1993 elections believed to have been won by the late business mogul, MKO Abiola. Gen Babangida hurriedly left government on August 26, 1993 and handed over to an Interim National Government headed by Chief Ernest Shonekan, a former Managing Director of UAC Plc. Chief Abiola challenged the hand over and the case came before Justice Dolapo Akinsanya. In her judgment on November 10, 1993, she said: “President Babangida has no legitimate power to sign a decree after August 26, 1993, after his exit, so the decree is void and of no effect,”. With the judgment, the legality of the ING was determined. The late Gen Sanni Abacha took over government through a coup some months later. Justice Akinsanya retired from the Lagos Judiciary on February 21, 2006. The then governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu described retiring Justice Dolapo Akinsanya as “one of the heroines of the present democracy in Nigeria for the courageous judgement she delivered against the legality of the Interim National Government in November 1993”.
Gender: Female
Marital Status
  • Single
Name of Spouse Prof. Otunba Bolaji Akinsanya
State of Origin: Lagos
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Profession Jurist
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Previous Appointments:

Legal Practitioner, Ademola and Olatewura, Ibadan, 1967; T.O.S. Shobowale Benson and Co., Lagos, 1967; snr. State Counsel; dir. of Civil Litigation, Lagos State Ministry of Justice, 1976; Legal Adviser, Lagos State Development and Property Corporation; Head of Directorate of Civil Litigation; Judge, High Court of Lagos, October 1, 1989; Rural Interim National Government Illegal, 1993.

Agbeni Methodist Elementary School. Ibadan, 1949; Emmanuel School, Isonyin Onun State, 1952-54; St. Anne's School, Ibadan, 1955-59; Ibadan Grammar School, 1960-61; Manchester University, 1963-65; Nigerian Law School, Lagos, 1965-66;
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Nov 5,2020
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