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Chief George Baptist Ayodola Coker (27 January 1917 – 7 February 1991) was a Justice of the Nigerian Supreme Court, serving from 1964 until 1975. He was an author of two books:Family Property among the Yorubas,[1] and a lecture series, Freedom and Justice.
He was the Olori Eyo of the Adimu Orisha, the highest position in the Eyo cultural masquerade in the Nigerian chieftaincy system,[2] and in 2000 there was an Eyo festival celebrating his life. He was also the Baba Isale of Lagos.