Olumuyiwa Jibowu

Sir
Olumuyiwa Jibowu
Born26 August 1899
Abeokuta
Died1 June 1959(1959-06-01) (aged 59)
Ibadan, British Nigeria
Education
OccupationJurist
Spouses
  • Celia Alakija
  • Deborah Jibowu
Children8
Parents
  • Samuel Alexander Adebowale Jibowu (father)
  • Mary Elizabeth Jibowu (mother)

Sir Olumuyiwa Jibowu, Kt (26 August 1899 – 1 June 1959) was a Nigerian jurist who was the first African to serve on the Supreme Court of Nigeria. The first African police magistrate, the first Nigerian High Court judge, a pioneer of the Nigerian Judiciary and one-time Chief Justice of the Western Region, Nigeria. Jibowu was also a judge of the West African Court of Appeal.

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