Family, friends celebrate Bakre at 60 in The Gambia

Family members, friends and associates from Nigeria and other countries gathered in The Gambia to celebrate Justice Tunde Bakre’s 60th birthday.

Guests travelled from the United Kingdom, the United States, Spain and other countries. Members of Abeokuta Golf Club and Different Strokes Golf Group also attended.

According to a statement by DAL Strategic Communications, the celebrations featured golf outings, social gatherings and a dinner attended by Bakre’s wife, Bukola; their children, Boluwatife and Tiwaloluwa; and other relatives and friends.

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A highlight was a tribute by Yinka Ogundalu, a United States-based friend who has known Bakre for 55 years. He recalled their childhood experiences and described the celebrant as sincere, dependable and considerate.

Bakre was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1993 and appointed to the Ogun State High Court in 2013.

His judicial career has also taken him to other Commonwealth jurisdictions, including The Gambia, Antigua and Barbuda, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

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