[1][2] Justice Ayo was born on October 15, 1943, in Ganma, a town in Kwara State, North-Central Nigeria.
[4] He began his career as a Collector of Customs and Excise Grade II and in 1971, three years after he was called to the Nigerian bar, he got a transferred to North Central State Public Service Commission where he served as State Counsel Grade II.
[8] In addition to the indefinite suspension, the council to Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to retired him from the bench.
[9] In May 2012, the National Judicial Council reversed its decision and recommended his immediate reinstatement but was disregarded by the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Mr. Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen, to head its 15-member Corruption and Financial Crime Cases Trial Monitoring Committee on 27 September 2017 during the commencement of the 2017–2018 legal year,[12] which he declined.