KUFRE, Justice Edem

LL.B, BL, jurist, born March 10, 1925, Esien Town, Calabar, Cross River State; married Ekanem Miranda Edet 1963,six sons, two daughters; Education: Hope Waddell Training Institu tion, Calabar 1930-34, Government School, Manfe, Cameroun 1935, West African People Institute, Calabar, 1940-44, Kennington College of Law, London, 1952- 55, Council of Legal Education, London, 1952-55;Career: Called to the English Bar, London, 1955; engaged in Private Legal Practice, Calabar, 1956-60; Magistrate, Grade I, Eastern Nigeria, 1960-62; Senior State Counsel, Eastern Nigeria, 1962-65; acting Director of Public Prosecutions, East ern Nigeria, 1965; Deputy Chief Registrar, Eastern Nigeria, 1966; Director of Public Prosecutions, Eastern Nigeria and South State, 1967-71; appointed Judge, High Court, South-Eastern State (now Cross River State), 1971; acting Chief Justice, South Eastern State, 1973-75; Chief Judge of Cross River State, 1976; member, InternationalAssocia tion ofJurists; Traditional Title: Ada Idaha Ke Eburutu/Iboku; Hobbies: farming, read ing; Home: Esien Town, Calabar, Cross River State.