Kayode Ajulo: A brilliant, selfless lawyer earns a well-deserved honour

A good deed does not go unrewarded. This simple phrase captures the life and essence of popular constitutional lawyer, Olukayode Abraham Ajulo, SAN.

The outspoken and fiery lawyer was among the 58 lawyers who were recently elevated to the enviable rank of Senior Advocates of Nigeria.

All his life, Ajulo has eaten and drank law. From his father’s popular bookshop in Akure, capital of Ondo State, young Kayode had his first little understanding of law as he buried his head into the various law books on the shelves.  Now you know how the passion started if you ever wondered how his interest in law began.

It is a well-kept secret among legal luminaries that when a law firm commands not just the respect of its’ peers, but the kind of briefs which yield huge sums that make bankers drool in envy, such a firm has landed in the top-tier league.

While barristers earn their stripes by the number of cases won in court, solicitors only get to play in the big league based on the quality of legal advisory services, corporate and commercial transactions as well as impressive legal skills they wield in a wide range of practice areas.

But for Akoko, Ondo State-born Ajulo, large doses of selfless and pro bono cases, coupled with God’s blessings have ensured his smooth ride to prominence and opulence.

“Almost ninety percent of my cases are pro bono. You have many people suffering unjustly simply because they cannot access legal services. So, whenever such cases are brought to many notice, I make sure that I make a lawyer available to them,” Ajulo said while sharing his experience.

Ask around about him, and many would surely have good testimonies to tell about his good deeds and selfless services, particularly to the less-priviledged. His mastery of constitutional law has most times confounded even his ardent critics.

Speaking about him, a fellow lawyer once said, “Kayode knows constitutional law like the back of his hands.” However, what the fellow didn’t say was that the inteligent lawyer has demonstrated so much brilliance that many of his mates and counterparts consult him in knotty legal situations.

If you think his string of successes, particularly the conferment of the prestigious title of senior advocate of Nigeria would make him grow airs, you are dead wrong. Oluwakayode Abraham Ajulo remains his natural self, a sincere defender of the less priviledged.