Verified archive statusJOHNSON, Justice Candide Ademola
BL, jurist, born March 27, 1925, Lagos, Lagos State; married Muriel Victoria, three sons, two daughters; Education: St Paul's Breadfruit School, Lagos, 1930-36, CMS Grammar School, Lagos, 1937-43, Council of Legal Education, Lincoln's Inn, Fields, London, 1949-51; called to the English Bar, 1951 engag ed in private legal practice, 1952-54; appointed Magistrate, 1954-59; Senior State Counsel, Department of Public Prosecutions, 1959-66; Director of Public Prosecutions, Lagos State, 1966-67; Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary, Lagos State, 1967-68; appointed High Court Judge, Ibadan in 1968; Chief Judge of Lagos State, 1985-June 1989; retired from Public Service, since June 1989; Hobbies: music, swimming, table tennis; Official Address: c/o Chief Judge's Chambers, The High Courtof Lagos, TafawaBalewa Square, Lagos.