Nigeria, June 30 -- A new legal publication has highlighted how the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji (Dr.) Ibrahim Kolapo Sulu-Gambari, CFR, consistently defended the constitutional rights to bail and fair hearing during his distinguished career as a Justice of the Court of Appeal.

The revelation is contained in The Bar, The Bench and The Crown: A Living Legend's Contribution to Law and Justice in Nigeria, a 2026 publication by the National Association of Kwara Law Students (NAKLAS), reviewed by Professor D. A. Ariyoosu of the Department of Business Law, Faculty of Law, University of Ilorin.

According to the review, one of the book's central highlights is Justice Sulu-Gambari's landmark decision in Ebute v. State (1994), where he firmly upheld th...