{{Infobox person | name = Kehinde Sofola | image = | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1924|03|10}} | birth_place = Ogun State, Nigeria | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2007|03|25|1924|03|10}} | death_place = Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria | othername = | citizenship = Nigerian | occupation ={{flatlist| *lawyer *solicitor *judge }} | parents = | relatives = | yearsactive = |notable works = |awards= SAN <br /> CON <br /> MON | website = }}
Chief '''Kehinde Sofola''',{{Audio|Kehinde_Sofola.wav|listen}} QC, SAN, MON, CON (10 March 1924 – 25 March 2007)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nm.onlinenigeria.com/templates/?a=9692 |title=Sofola dies at 83 - OnlineNigeria.com |access-date=2018-03-24 |archive-date=2018-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324224326/http://nm.onlinenigeria.com/templates/?a=9692 |url-status=live }}</ref> was a prominent Nigerian Jurist and Minister of Justice during the Second Nigerian Republic.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HULYAAAAQBAJ&q=Justice+Kehinde+Sofola&pg=PA164|title=The Attorney General: Chronicles and Perspectives|isbn=9789789313839|accessdate=24 April 2015|last1=Babalola|first1=Olumide|date=23 March 2013}}</ref>
==Early life and career== Chief Sofola was born on March 10, 1924, as one of the second of three sets of twins in Ogun State, southwestern Nigeria.<ref name=Thisday>{{cite news|url=https://www.pressreader.com/nigeria/thisday/20170321/281715499436641|title=Kehinde Sofola SAN, CON: A Legal Icon|publisher=Thisday|date=March 21, 2017|accessdate=December 22, 2020|website=PressReader|archive-date=February 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226141013/https://www.pressreader.com/nigeria/thisday/20170321/281715499436641|url-status=live}}</ref> He was called to the English bar on September 11, 1954.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O6Eiaw0oYRYC&q=Justice+Kehinde+Sofola&pg=PA129|title=To Serve in Truth & Justice|isbn=9781456753337|accessdate=24 April 2015|last1=Balogun|first1=Hairat A.|date=March 2011|archive-date=26 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226141013/https://books.google.com/books?id=O6Eiaw0oYRYC&q=Justice+Kehinde+Sofola&pg=PA129|url-status=live}}</ref> He was the founder of Kehinde Sofola's Chamber a law firm in Lagos State where Ayotunde Phillips, the Chief Judge of Lagos State began her career in September 1976.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newtelegraphonline.com/lagos-cj-historic-succession-of-two-sisters/ |title=New Telegraph – Lagos CJ: Historic succession of two sisters |author=Our Correspondent |work=newtelegraphonline.com |accessdate=24 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514111130/http://newtelegraphonline.com/lagos-cj-historic-succession-of-two-sisters/ |archivedate=14 May 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.punchng.com/feature/the-law-you/and-philips-steps-in/ |title=And Philips steps in |accessdate=24 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826051756/http://www.punchng.com/feature/the-law-you/and-philips-steps-in/ |archivedate=26 August 2012 |newspaper=The Punch}}</ref> He became a Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 1978.<ref name=Thisday/>
==Personal life== He was an elder brother to Idowu Sofola, the Chairman of the Nigerian Body of Benchers. His eldest son Kayode Sofola is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former Chairman of United Bank for Africa.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thenationonlineng.net/archive2/tblnews_Detail.php?id=15109|location=Lagos, Nigeria|title=Diya Dipo eulogize Kehinde Sofola|accessdate=24 April 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725155112/http://www.thenationonlineng.net/archive2/tblnews_Detail.php?id=15109|archivedate=25 July 2015|newspaper=The Nation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/11/every-nigerian-woman-is-a-designer-—-kayode-sofolasan/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|title=Nigerian women are designer|accessdate=24 April 2015|archive-date=24 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424095942/http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/11/every-nigerian-woman-is-a-designer-%e2%80%94-kayode-sofolasan/|url-status=live|newspaper=Vanguard}}</ref>
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