Nigeria, June 17 -- A Professor of Public Law at the University of Ilorin, Lukman Adebisi Abdulrauf, has described the decision of the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, to grant bail to Bola Tinubu and five others during Nigeria's military era as an act of "uncommon courage", highlighting it as one of the defining moments of the monarch's judicial career.

Abdulrauf made the observation while reviewing The Bar, The Bench, and The Crown, a book published in honour of the Emir of Ilorin and unveiled during the 2026 National Conference of the National Association of Kwara State Law Students (NAKLAS) in Ilorin.

The law professor's review examined several landmark judgments delivered by the former Court of Appeal justice, describin...