- Kehinde Aina, in his own words, described his relentless six-year campaign and lobbying efforts, as well as his acceptance in 2001 of Justice I.A. Sotuminu's terms to provide the Lagos State Judiciary with the Lagos Multi-Door Courthouse using his own money. By his own account, the campaign began in 1995. (Kehinde Aina was 35 years old in 1995 and just 5 years at the bar. Chief Odutola was murdered in April 1995).
Actual Quote: "The judiciary simply balked at every attempt until after six years of relentless campaign, lobbying and endless push which eventually received the nod when Justice I. A Sotuminu assumed office as the Chief Judge of Lagos State. With the caveat 'I will provide you space but no money', without hesitation, I accepted her terms even though the initially allocated space had just about enough room for offices without any for mediation"
- Actual Quote: "The judiciary simply balked at every attempt until after six years of relentless campaign, lobbying and endless push which eventually received the nod when Justice I. A Sotuminu assumed office as the Chief Judge of Lagos State. With the caveat 'I will provide you space but no money', without hesitation, I accepted her terms even though the initially allocated space had just about enough room for offices without any for mediation"
- Source: ncmginternational.org (NCMG Website)
- October 2008 (on or about)
- Chief Timothy Adeola Odutola’s third son, Mr. Sunday Adedapo Odutola, an Economist (University of Southampton), MBA (Harvard), made a living from his factories. He was a thoughtful, hardworking man who did well enough to send his four children first to Collège du Léman, Geneva, one of the world’s most expensive schools, and later to Millfield School in the United Kingdom. In a letter dated November 26, 1997, Mr. Sunday Odutola, on the matter of Chief Odutola's 3-million-pound sterling stolen from Barclays Bank London in 1995, he wrote of Chief S.P.A. Ajibade.
"But then, that senseless and deceitful man by name S.P.A. Ajibade, quickly wrote to Ralph Taylor of Simmons & Simmons in London that he should not furnish me with any information I might desire regarding the old man’s account, but that I should direct all enquiries to him in Nigeria. In all these iniquitous and corrupt practices, Akin Mabogunje was solidly behind you and an accomplice. You all falsely and maliciously with an intention to defraud, made a declaration to the Inland Revenue in England that a greater part of the money found in the Testator’s London account belonged to Odutola Holdings, and not as a beneficiary. Of course, that statement was far from the truth knowing fully well that the old man never operated a London account for Odutola Holdings during his lifetime."
- Source: Mr. Sunday Adedapo Odutola's letter
- Date: November 26, 1997
