Remi Fani-Kayode
| Remilekun Fani-Kayode | |
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| Deputy Premier of Western Nigeria | |
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In office 1963–1966 |
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| Succeeded by | None |
| Minister for Local Government Affairs | |
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In office 1963–1966 |
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| Preceded by | Dauda Adegbenro |
| Succeeded by | Unknown |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
22 December 1921 Chelsea, England |
| Died | October 1995 Brighton, England |
| Spouse(s) | Adia Adunni Fani-Kayode |
| Children |
Rotimi Fani-Kayode Femi Fani-Kayode |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Christian |
Victor Babaremilekun Adetokunboh Fani-Kayode (nicknamed "Fani-Power"), Q.C., SAN, CON (1921–1995) was a leading Nigerian politician, , nationalist, statesman and lawyer. He was elected Deputy Premier of the Western Region of Nigeria in 1963 and he played a major role in Nigeria's legal history and politics from the late 1940s until 1995.
Fani-Kayode hailed from a prominent and well educated Yoruba family who are of Ife stock from south-western Nigeria. His grandfather Rev. Emmanuel Adedapo Kayode was an Anglican Priest who had got his Master of Arts (Durham) degree from Fourah Bay College which at that time was part of Durham University in 1885 and his father Victor Adedapo Kayode studied law and graduated from Cambridge University in 1921, was called to the British Bar (Middle Temple) in 1922 and went on to become a prominent lawyer and then a judge in Nigeria. His mother was Mrs. Aurora Kayode (née Fanimokun) who was the daughter of the respected Rev. Joseph Fanimokun who had also been an Anglican priest, who had also got his Master of Arts (Durham) degree from Fourah Bay College and who later became the Principal of the famous CMS Grammar School in Lagos from 1896 to 1914. This was a missionary school that was founded by Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther.
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