LAGOS – Some prominent lawyers in Lagos on Thursday paid tributes to Chief Kayode Jegede (SAN), a former Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, who died on Wednesday at the age of 77.
The lawyers told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that Jegede’s death was a great loss to the Nigerian legal community.
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Prof. Taiwo Osipitan, said the late law teacher was a very focused and a noble man who was passionate about the profession.
“May his soul rest in perfect peace. He was a teacher of teachers, a lawyer of lawyers,” Osipitan said.
A human rights lawyer, Mr Bamidele Aturu, said the late Jegede belonged to the old generation of law teachers in Nigeria.
Aturu said: “He was dedicated to his work and he moulded us in a very positive way. So, his death is a loss to the legal profession, especially the practising lawyers.
“I pray that God should give the family the fortitude to bear the loss.”
On his part, a lawyer and public affairs analyst, Mr Jiti Ogunye, said Jegede’s contributions to nurturing lawyers could not be overemphasised.
Ogunye said the deceased served as the Secretary to the Council of Legal Education for several years, before rising to become the director general of the Nigerian Law School.
“To that extent, he had helped in the nurturing of our young law graduates to become lawyers in Nigeria,” he said. (NAN)
