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Hon. Justice
ESO,
Kayode
CON, LL.B, BA, MA, jurist; b: September 18, I925,ht: Ilesha.so: Osun ; m: Helena Aina Agidec, I954;nc: one s, one d. ed: Holy Trinity School, Omofe, Ilesha, 1933-39; Ilesha Grammar School, Ilesha, 1940-44; Trinity College, Dublin, 1949-1954. cr: Private Legal Practice, Jos, Northern Nigeria, 1954-60; Senior Counsel Grade II, 1960-61; Senior Crown Counsel Grade I, 1961-62; Principal State Counsel, 1962-64; Principal Legal Draftsman/Head, Legal Division, 1964- 65; ag. Judge, High Court, Western Nigeria, 1965; Judge, 1965- 67; Justice. Court of Appeal, Western State. 1967-75; ag. presd: Court of Appeal, Western State, 1975-76; Chief Judge, Oyo State, 1976-77; Justice, Supreme Court of Nigeria. 1978-90; Pro- Chancellor, University of Benin, 1991; Chancellor. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso. mm: Law Reporting Committee, Northern Nigeria Law Reports; one-time Coroner for Plateau State: Chairman. African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies, since 1995, English Bar 1954 Nigerian Bar Association. 1954. Nigerian Institute of International Affairs. Lagos. Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. 1984-85. Board ofTrustees. Gamji Forum. Board ofTrustees. Nigerian International Biographical Centre. 1997: presd. Association of Arbitrators of Nigeria, since 1999. ah: Michaelmas Prize in Constitutional Law Trinity College. Dublin. 1950: REID prof. Prize Man. 1950: Criminal Law Prize. Trinity College. Dublin. 1951: Silver Medal in Leal Composition. University of Dublin Law Society. I95"> nh- Commander of the Order of the Niger. 1970. Honoured with publication. Kayode Eso: The Making of aJudge, authored by Prof. Ade Ajayi and Mr. Ycmi Akinscye-Gcorge. 2002: hd: Doctor ofLaws (LL.D). University of Ibadan; 1990. LLD. UNN: publ: Thoughts on Law and Jurisprudence. 1990: The Mysterv Gunman, 1996 sc- Metropolitan Club, Lagos, hob: gardening, reading, off: PO Box 4086. University of Ibadan PostOfficc. Ibadan. tel: 0->-8101345 fax: 02-8101008. res: Green Acres, Agodi GRA. Ikolaba. near Ikolaba High School, Ibadan, Oyo State.
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