Akinola Aguda Scientist
Akinola Aguda (1923–2001) was a Yoruba Nigerian jurist and a former Chief Justice of Botswana. Prior to becoming Chief Justice, he was a lawyer and a High Courts of Nigeria judge in the western region of Nigeria. He was the first indigenous African to head the position of Chief Justice in Botswana.Throughout his legal career, he was known as a cerebral jurist and lawyer, who embraced radicalism especially during period of military rule in Nigeria. It is believed this may have resulted in his exclusion as a member of the supreme court of Nigeria.