[3] Ajibade holds a Bachelor's in English Studies and a Masters in Literature-In-English from the Obafemi Awolowo University.
In 1995, the military administration of Sani Abacha announced the arrest of a number of Nigerians on suspicion of participating in a coup attempt.
The list included former head of state Olusegun Obasanjo, his deputy Shehu Musa Yar'Adua, among others.
And though he was no longer the editor of the paper as he was earlier in the year, because his name appeared on the mast head, Ajibade was targeted for arrest.
[5][6] He was charged for 'publishing materials which could obstruct the work of the coup plotters tribunal' and for 'misleading the public'.