Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice in the Second Republic Sir Richard Akinjide (SAN) was yesterday admitted to the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan.
The legal luminary was brought in in a UCH ambulance yesterday morning, following a distress call from his home.
He was later admitted into the private ward after initial examination.
A source said the octogenarian suffers old age-related ailments.
Since his admission, Akinjide is said to have undergone series of tests including the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).
Born in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on November 4, 1931, Akinjide was called to the English Bar in 1955.
He became famous during the litigation over the 1983 presidential election when he as the counsel to the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) proved that winning in 12 of 19 states passed the two-third requirement of winning the election.
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