Lateef Adegbite

Lateef Adegbite (20 March 1933 – 28 September 2012) was a lawyer who became Attorney General of the Western Region of Nigeria, and who later became Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs. Quotes Well, I started life like every other person. Except that I was brought up in a very strong religious home and disciplinary environment. Do not forget that I am a Muslim; I started my education at a Christian school at a time when it was hard for Muslim child to continue to bear or appear as Muslim due to the fact that all the schools then were owned by Christian missions and controlled by their missionaries. I went to King’s College, Lagos from where I moved to England for my Law degrees. I can tell you that all my educational pursuits after primary school was on scholarship. I had Nigerian government scholarship for my secondary school and first degree in Law. I also won a Commonwealth scholarship to further study, also in England. But what has been remarkable is my involvement in Islamic affairs right from my youth. I was a co-founder of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN) of which I happened to be the first President. I was also party to the formation of NAJOMO, a Muslim body and, of course, when Ibrahim Dasuki became the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, I was made the Secretary-General. External Links