predecessor death_date birth_place imagesize nationality party office primeminister birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
obafemi awolowo 26 march 2005 lagos 140px nigerian action group regional minister for local government regional minister for justice tafawa balewa december 16 , 1920 1954 1958 frederickrotimiwilliams.gif frederick rotimi williams
 1958 1960 oloye rotimi williams
frederick rotimi williams

chief frederick rotimi alade williams , qc , san -lrb- december 16 , 1920 -- march 26 , 2005 -rrb- was a prominent nigerian lawyer who was the first nigerian to become a senior advocate of nigeria .
in the 1950s , he was a member of the action group and subsequently became the minister for local government and justice .
he was the president of the nigerian bar association in 1959 , the association is the leading body for lawyers in the country .
he left politics in the 1960s , as a result of the political crisis in the western region of nigeria .
throughout his career , he was involved in some memorable and important court cases , such as lakanmi vs the western government of nigeria , which set the precedent that a military government could not use its power to make laws that will appropriate an individuals property .
the oloye williams , himself a yoruba chieftain , was also among a group of lawyers that represented the oba of lagos , adeniji adele , against challenges by the nigerian national democratic party .
the latter had previously gained solidarity and foundation from the ruling house of docemo in lagos .
