Renowned Lawyer And Academic, Olatunji Ayalanja SAN Is Dead

Renowned Lawyer, Academic and Principal Founder, Ayalanja, Adesanya and Co., Olatunji Ayalanja SAN is dead.

Ayanlaja who hails from Ijebu Ode in Ogun State is said to have died today, 26th of July, 2022 at the age of 77.

The notice of his death by the Yoruba Tennis Club of which he was a member with Membership Number 1238.

Ayanlaja who was until his death the Founding Partner of Adesanya & Co was a member of the Lagos branch of the Nigerian Bar Association.

In 2013, the Ikeja Bar Review was launched in his honour for his excellent trails in the profession.

Ayanlaja was also known for acknowledging the role of Chief G.O.K. Ajayi SAN in shaping him as a lawyer. He once disclosed that Chief Ajayi taught him three virtues of a successful lawyer and listed them to include good dress sense, punctuality both in the office and at the court (which he accorded 40 per cent ) and that any lawyer could improve on this grade before a judge by the good delivery of the subject matter.