Kayode Ajulo
{{Short description|Nigerian lawyer and politician}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kayode Ajulo
| image = Abraham Olukayode Kayode Ajulo.jpg
| birth_name = Olukayode Abraham Ajulo
| birth_place = Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
| alma_mater = Nigerian Law School
| occupation = {{hlist|Lawyer| arbitrator|lecturer|civil rights activist}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.castleoflaw.com}}
}}
Olukayode "Kayode" Abraham Ajulo, OON,{{Cite web |title=Buhari Confers Special National Honours on 340 Nigerians, Bestows GCON on Anyaoku |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2023/05/28/buhari-confers-special-national-honours-on-340-nigerians-bestows-gcon-on-anyaoku/ |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=www.thisdaylive.com}} is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria,{{Cite web |title=LPPC lists Kayode Ajulo Femi Falanas Wife as among 58 newly elevated SANs |url= https://nairametrics.com/2023/10/13/lppc-lists-kayode-ajulo-femi-falanas-wife-as-among-58-newly-elevated-sans/ |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=www.nairametrics.com}} an arbitrator, tutor, orator and civil rights activist. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.{{Cite web|title= Elevation For Kayode Ajulo|date= 23 October 2021|url= https://thenationonlineng.net/elevation-for-kayode-ajulo/}} and the Diocesan Registrar of the Anglican Communion, Church of Nigeria.{{Cite web |title=Olukayode Abraham Ajulo {{!}} Middlesex University London |url=https://www.mdx.ac.uk/about-us/what-we-do/faculty-of-professional-and-social-sciences/school-of-law/doctoral-institute/profiles/olukayode-abraham-ajulo |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=www.mdx.ac.uk}} He is the Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice of Ondo State.{{cite web|url=https://dailypost.ng/2024/04/01/ondo-attorney-general-appoints-273-advisers/|title=Ondo attorney general appoints general appoints 273 advisers|website=dailypost.ng|date=1 April 2024}}
Early life and education
Ajulo was born to Solomon and Christiana Monisola O. Ajulo.{{cite web |title=Popular Abuja Lawyer, Kayode Ajulo Celebrates Mom at 84 |url=https://www.paulukpabio.com.ng/2019/03/popular-abuja-lawyer-kayode-ajulo.html |publisher=Paulukpabio}} He earned a bachelor's degree in law from the University of Jos in 1999. In 2001, after graduating from the Nigerian Law school in 2000, he was called to the Nigerian Bar. He obtained a Master of Laws degree in 2006 from the University of Jos.{{Cite web|title=Kayode Ajulo|url=https://sing.org.ng/staff/kayode-ajulo/|access-date=2021-07-04|website=SING Nigeria|language=en-GB|archive-date=2022-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110163506/https://sing.org.ng/staff/kayode-ajulo/|url-status=dead}}
Ajulo is also an adjunct lecturer at Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State and Egalitarian Basic Studies Institute, Kumasi, Ghana. In 2013, he was appointed the chairman of the board of Radiovision Corporation by the Governor of Ondo State.{{Cite web|date=2020-06-27|title=Kayode Ajulo stays true to his dreams|url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/kayode-ajulo-stays-true-to-his-dreams/|access-date=2021-07-04|website=The Sun Nigeria|language=en-US}}
Career
Ajulo was conferred with the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (equivalent to King Counsel in United Kingdom) by the Chief Justice of Nigeria in 2023.
He is the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Ondo State.
Previously, Ajulo was a Labour Party candidate for the FCT senate seat held on 9 April 2011.{{cite web |title=Labour Party National Secretary, Kayode Ajulo resigns |url=https://dailypost.ng/2015/12/08/labour-party-national-secretary-kayode-ajulo-resigns/ |website=dailypost.ng|date=8 December 2015 }}{{cite web |title=Political parties disagree over de-registration by INEC |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/08/political-parties-disagree-over-de-registration-by-inec/ |website=Vanguard News |date=19 August 2011}}
On 7 April 2011, it was reported that Ajulo had been abducted by armed men.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jlzB3kq8dSUC&q=%22Kayode+Ajulo%22|title=Ibadan Journal of Peace and Development|date=February 2012|publisher=Peace and Conflict Studies Programme, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan|language=en}}{{cite web|date=April 7, 2011|title=Nigeria: Gunmen Kidnap LP FCT Senatorial Candidate|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201104080659.html|website=Daily Independent|location=Lagos)}} This caused the Abuja workers led by the Nigeria Labour Congress to boycott the election. In a statement by the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Abuja council, all workers and affiliates across the territory were directed to boycott the National Assembly election 16 hours before the election across the country over the abduction of Kayode Ajulo.{{Cite web|last=King|first=Akinwunmi|date=2011-04-07|title=Nigeria: Gunmen Kidnap LP FCT Senatorial Candidate|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201104080659.html|access-date=2021-07-04|website=All Africa}}
Before the 2015 Nigeria general elections, Ajulo was National Secretary of the Labour Party.{{Cite web|title=Kayode Ajulo – Channels Television|url=https://www.channelstv.com/tag/kayode-ajulo/|access-date=2021-07-04}}{{Cite web|date=2019-09-10|title=Initiate legal action against South Africa, Ajulo charges AGF|url=https://guardian.ng/features/law/initiate-legal-action-against-south-africa-ajulo-charges-agf/|access-date=2021-07-04|website=The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News|language=en-US}} and in 2019 was confirmed as the Mayegun Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland by the Iba Gani Adams{{Cite web|date=2021-03-27|title=When city lawyer, Kayode Ajulo threw bash for his team|url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/when-city-lawyer-kayode-ajulo-threw-bash-for-his-team/|access-date=2021-07-11|website=The Sun Nigeria|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2019-01-13|title=Kayode Ajulo is New Mayegun of Yorubaland|url=https://thebossnewspapers.com/2019/01/13/kayode-ajulo-is-new-mayegun-of-yorubaland/|access-date=2021-07-11|website=TheBoss Newspaper|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2020-06-21|title=Kayode Ajulo, Remains Undistracted|url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/06/21/kayode-ajulo-remains-undistracted/|access-date=2021-07-11|website=THISDAYLIVE|language=en-US}}
In 2020, Ajulo was appointed as member for the Edo State Governorship Primary Election Appeal Committee in 2020.{{Cite web|date=2020-06-18|title=APC Appoint Kayode Ajulo Others into Edo Governorship Primary Election Appeal Committee|url=https://www.dailysunshinenews.com/apc-appoint-kayode-ajulo-others-into-edo-governorship-primary-election-appeal-committee/|access-date=2021-07-04|website=DAILY SUNSHINE NEWS|language=en-US|archive-date=2023-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310214254/https://www.dailysunshinenews.com/apc-appoint-kayode-ajulo-others-into-edo-governorship-primary-election-appeal-committee/|url-status=dead}} He is the Diocesan Registrar of the Anglican Communion, Church of Nigeria.