The Fred Agbaje’s Chambers on Sunday released a
statement to officially announce the death of its principal partner, Mr. Fred
Agbaje.
The brief statement jointly signed by Kennedy
Osunwa and Adeniyi Pokanu stated that Agbaje died at about 8am on
Saturday, November 26, 2016 at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital,
Idi-Araba, Lagos, as opposed to earlier media reports that the legal icon died
in a London hospital.
The chamber described its late boss as “a
resolute defender of the oppressed, a law lord, legal authority of our time, a
legal colossus and a rare gem,” whose death had left a yearning gap to be
filled in the nation’s jurisprudence.
Contrary to news reports that he died after two
weeks in coma, there are clear indications from Court Records that Mr. Fred Agbaje was still in
court and appeared with Olubusola Ashiru Esq. in a matter of the firm before
Hon. Justice Pedro of the Lagos High Court, TBS Annexe on Thursday 17th
November, 2016. Such was the passion he had for law and legal practice despite
his failing health.
The statement said that a condolence register had been opened at the Fred
Agbaje’s Chambers at No. 51, Popoola Street, Pedro, Shomolu, Lagos, adding that
the Agbaje’s family would soon announce the deceased’s burial arrangement.
