Bola Ige
Chief James Ajibola Idowu Ige ; an haife shi a ranar 13 ga watan Satumba a shekara ta 1930), wanda aka fi sani da Bola Ige, lauya ne kuma ɗan siyasa a Najeriya. Ya rike muƙamin ministan shari'a na tarayyar Najeriya daga watan Janairun shekarar 2000 har zuwa lokacin da aka kashe shi a watan Disamba a shekarar 2001.  Ya taɓa zama gwamnan jihar Oyo daga shekara ta 1979 zuwa shekarar 1983 a lokacin jamhuriya ta biyu ta Najeriya.

Tarihin rayuwa 
An haifi James Ajibola Idowu Adegoke Ige a Esa Oke, Jihar Osun a yankin Kudu maso Yammacin Najeriya a ranar 13 ga watan Satumba a shekara ta 1930.  Iyayensa ƴan kabilar Yarbawa ne a garin Esa-Oke, a tsohuwar Jihar Oyo (yanzu a Jihar Osun ). Ige ya bar Kaduna ya nufi kudu zuwa yankin Yamma yana ɗan shekara 14. Ya yi karatu a Makarantar Grammar ta Ibadan a shekarar (1943 zuwa 1948), sannan ya yi a Jami'ar Ibadan . Daga nan, ya tafi Kwalejin Jami'ar London, inda ya kammala karatun digiri a cikin shekarar shekarar 1959. An kira shi zuwa mashaya a cikin Inner Temple na London a cikin shekarar 1961. 

Ige ya kafa kamfanin, Bola Ige & Co a shekara ta 1961, sannan ya zama Babban Lauyan Najeriya.  Ya shahara a ƙasar nan saboda bajintar magana, da kuma fafutukar kare haƙƙin jama'a da dimokuradiyya. Ige Kirista ne   Ige yana magana da manyan harsunan Najeriya guda uku, Yarbanci, Ibo da Hausa sosai.  Ya rubuta litattafai da yawa, kuma an buga tarihin kasidu da kwarjini game da shi jim kaɗan bayan mutuwarsa.

Soma siyasa 
A lokacin jamhuriya ta farko (1963 zuwa19 66), yana da shekaru 31 a duniya yana tsakiyar rikicin kungiyar Action Group, lokacin da Cif Obafemi Awolowo ya fafata da mataimakinsa, Cif Samuel Ladoke Akintola .  Ya zama abokin hamayyar Olusola Olaosebikan don maye gurbin Obafemi Awolowo.  Ige ya kasance Kwamishinan Noma a Yankin Yammacin Najeriya a shekara ta (1967 zuwa 1970) a ƙarƙashin gwamnatin mulkin soja ta Janar Yakubu Gowon. A shekara ta 1967, ya zama abokin Olusegun Obasanjo, wanda shi ne kwamandan birgediya na soji a Ibadan. 

A farkon shekarun 1970, a lokacin farkon mulkin soja, ya ba da lokacinsa ga yaƙin da wariyar launin fata na Majalisar Coci ta Duniya . 

A karshen shekarun 1970 ya koma jam'iyyar Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), wanda ya gaji ƙungiyar Action Group.  Lokacin da Janar Olusegun Obasanjo ya kafa jamhuriya ta biyu, an zaɓe shi a matsayin gwamnan jihar Oyo daga watan Oktoban a shekara ta 1979 zuwa Oktoban shekara ta 1983.  Adebisi Akande, wanda daga baya ya zama gwamnan jihar Osun bayan ta raba gari da jihar Oyo, shi ne mataimakinsa a wannan lokaci.  A zaɓen shekara ta 1983, lokacin da ya sake tsayawa takara a matsayin ɗan takarar jam’iyyar UPN, Dr. Victor Omololu Olunloyo ya doke shi. Ige dai bai yi nasara ba ya ƙalubalanci zaɓen a kotu. Sai dai Olunloyo ya rasa kujerar bayan watanni uku, bayan juyin mulkin da Janar Muhammadu Buhari da Tunde Idiagbon suka yi. 

An tsare Ige ne bayan juyin mulkin, inda ake zarginsa da azurta kansa da kuɗaɗen jam’iyyar. An sake shi a shekarar ta 1985, bayan juyin mulki na gaba da aka koma yi, wanda Ibrahim Babangida yayi, kuma ya koma aikinsa na shari'a da kuma rubuce-rubuce. A cikin shekara ta 1990, ya buga People, Politics And Politicians of Nigeria a shekara ta: 1940 zuwa shekara ta 1979, littafin da ya fara rubutawa tun yana cikin kurkuku. Ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa ƙungiyar Yarbawa, Afenifere. Duk da cewa Ige ya soki mulkin soja na Janar Sani Abacha, ya kauce wa matsalolin siyasa a wannan lokacin.

Jamhuriya ta hudu 
Bayan dawo da mulkin dimokuradiyya a shekara ta 1999, Ige ya nemi jam’iyyar Alliance for Democracy ta tsayar da shi a matsayin ɗan takarar shugaban ƙasa na jam'iyar, amma anƙi amincewa da muradin nasa. Shugaba Obasanjo ya nada Ige a matsayin ministan ma'adinai da wutar lantarki a shekara ta (1999 zuwa shekara ta 2000).  Bai iya yin wani gagarumin ci gaba a hidimar da Hukumar Kula da Wutar Lantarki ta Ƙasa (NEPA) ke bayarwa ba. 

Sannan ya zama Ministan Shari’a kuma Babban Lauyan Tarayyar Najeriya a shekara ta  (2000 zuwa 2001). A watan Satumba na shekarar 2001, Ige ya ce gwamnatin tarayya ta bullo da wani shiri na sake tsarawa tare da haɗa dokokin tarayya, da buga su ta hanyar dijital da kuma sanya su a shafin yanar gizon ma’aikatarsa. Ya kuma yi kamfen da kakkausar murya na nuna adawa da kafa dokar shari’a a jihohin arewacin Najeriya. A watan Nuwamba a shekara ta 2001, ya ce gwamnatin tarayya ba za ta bari gwamnatin jihar Sokoto ta zartar da hukuncin da wata kotun shari’ar Musulunci ta Gwadabawa ta yanke na jife wata mata mai suna Safiya Hussaini har lahira saboda ta aikata zina. 

Ige na shirin karɓar sabon muƙami ne a matsayin mamba na Hukumar Dokokin Duniya ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya lokacin da aka harbe shi a Ibadan, babban birnin Jihar Oyo.

Mutuwa 
A ranar 23 ga watan Disamba a shekara ta2001, an harbe Ige a gidansa da ke birnin Ibadan a kudu maso yammacin ƙasar. An dai tafka cece-kuce a jam’iyyarsa ta Alliance for Democracy a jihar Osun. A makon da ya gabata ne dai da alamu rikicin da aka dade ana gwabzawa tsakanin gwamnan jihar Osun, Bisi Akande da mataimakinsa Iyiola Omisore, ya taimaka wajen mutuwar wani ɗan majalisar dokokin jihar Osun, Odunayo Olagbaju .  Gwamnatin shugaba Olusegun Obasanjo ta tura sojoji a yankin kudu maso yammacin Najeriya domin daƙile wani tashin hankali na kisan gilla.  Duk da cewa an kama wasu mutane daban-daban tare da yi musu shari’a kan hannu a kisan, ciki har da Iyiola Omisore, duk an wanke su. Ya wazu watan Nuwamba a shekara ta 2010 ba a gano makasan shi ba.  An yi jana’izar shi ne a garinsu da ke Esa-Oke a Jihar Osun.  A jawabin da ya yi a wajen jana’izar sa, an ambato shi yana cewa yana da tabbacin Najeriya ta cancanci rayuwa amma bai da tabbacin cewa ta mutu.

Littattafai 

 Kalaman Zinare: zaɓi na zance mai ban sha'awa da na fi so . Ibadan : Aljihu Gifts ; Oxford : Littattafan Afirka Tarin [mai rarrabawa], c2000. x, 163 shafi; 19 cm. 
 Littafin Diary Ibadan : NPS Ilimi, 1992. 262 p. ; 23 cm. ISBN 978-2556-45-9
 978-129-496-5 
 Tsarin Mulki da Matsalar Najeriya Legas: Cibiyar Nazarin Shari'a ta Najeriya, 1995. 36 pp.; 21 cm. ISBN 978-2353-43-4
 978-2556-35-1

Duba kuma 

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Nassoshi 

2001 Kashe-kashe a Najeriya
Gwamnonin jihar Oyo
Haifaffun 1930
Mutuwan 2001