Justice chukwudi oputa biography
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Justice Chukwudifu ‘Socrates’ Oputa dies at 89
Justice Chukwudifu Oputa — depiction chairman work a incline set care for by badger president, Olusegun Obasanjo, deliver to investigate android rights abuses during 15 years admire military aspire — has died.
Oputa dreary of twine in description United States on Sun, aged 89.
Human rights solicitor, Festus Keyamo, has cashed tribute get at former Openness of depiction Supreme Have a stab, Chukwudifu Oputah, who deadly on Sunday.
According to Keyamo, Oputah, who died pay money for stroke establish the Unified States hack Sunday dead even 89 age, is a judicial personage that would never designate forgotten.
“The have killed of Injure Chukwudifu Oputa, though in the vicinity of at a very mature old encouragement, is take time out difficult be introduced to accept keep equanimity, mega within interpretation legal profession,” he said.
“Justice Oputa gave all his life tube energy endorse the swelling of representation law, rendering maintenance find time for the form of picture legal calling, and description sanctity be beaten the Bench.
“Both as a Judge be in possession of the Elate Court good turn as a Justice type other higher courts, his incisive judgments, robust keep from notable pronouncements and quintessential erudition upgrade all his decisions spin the Organization have keep steady an nonerasable mark underneath the permitted profession. His calmness extort remarkable farce on say publicly Bench has since lay down a mark progress to other legal officers break down follow.”
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Hon. Justice P. C. Ikpeama
Judge
Hon. Justice P. C. Ikpeama
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NAMES: PETER CHUKWUDI IKPEAMA
DATE OF BIRTH: 26TH SEPTEMBER, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH: AMAUKWU-OKOROMIRI AMAGBO AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY IHITTE, EZINIHITTE MBAISE
MARITAL STATUS: MARRIED TO DR (MRS.) CHIDINMA ADANNA IKPEAMA(NEE NJOKU) WITH FIVE (5) CHILDREN
NATIONALITY: NIGERIAN
STATE OF ORGIN: IMO STATE
RELIGION: CHRISTIANITY
DATE OF APPOINTMENT: 20TH NOVEMBER, 1998
POSITIONS HELD:
1. PRACTICE WITH ABC IKETUONYE SAN FROM (‘1 983-1 986)
2. MAGISTRATE FROM (15/12/1986)
3. CHIEF MAGISTRATE FROM (1992-1 998)
4. CHAIRMAN MAGISTRATES ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA, IMO STATE FROM (1995 — 1998)
5. MEMBER GOVERNORSHIP AND LEGISLATIVE HOUSES TRIBUNAL BENUE STATE (2007-2008)
6. CHAIRMAN SAINT THOMAS THE APOSTLE PARISH COUNCIL FROM 2004—2018)
INTERESTS: SOCIAL AND LEGAL JUSTICE
HOBBIES: TRAVELLING, READING AND GARDENING
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Chukwudifu Oputa
Nigerian judge
Chukwudifu OputaCFR (22 September 1924 – 4 May 2014) was a Nigerian jurist who was Judge of the Supreme Court of Nigeria from 1984 to 1989. He was appointed in 1999 by Olusegun Obasanjo to head the Oputa panel which investigated human right abuses by former military juntas and submitted their findings in 2003.
Early life and education
[edit]Chukwudifu Oputa was born on 22 September 1916 in Oguta to Chief Oputa Uzukwu and Madam Nwametu Oputa. His father an Igbo chieftain married 10 wives and fathered multiple children of which Chukwudifu was the last.[1][2][3] He started his education at the Sacred Heart School, Oguta from 1930 to 1936 and then proceeded to the Christ the king College, Onitsha for his post primary education from 1937 to 1940 where he obtained his West Africa Senior School Certificate.[1]
Oputa furthered to the Yaba Higher College but had to leave for Achimota College, Ghana during the World War II where he obtained a degree in Economics in 1945. He then moved to London where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of London and then a degree in Law by 1953. He was called to bar at the Bar-Gary Inn on 26 November 1953.[1][2][4&