ONYEAMA, Justice Charles Dadi

, LLB, jurist, born April 26, 1916, Eke, Udi, Anam bra State; Marriage: Susanna Ogwudu 1950 and Florence Wilcox 1966, five sons, two daughters; Education: St Paul's Roman Catholic Mission School, 1920-24, Bonny Government Primary School, 1924-29, Government College, Umuahia, 1930-31, King's College, Lagos, 1931-35, Achimota College, Ghana, 1937, University of London, 1937-40, called to the English Bar, Lincoln's Inn, London, 1940, Braseriose College, University of Oxford, England, 1940-41; engaged in private legal practice, 1940-44; Ad ministrative Officer, Nigerian Civil Service, 1944-46; member, House of Assembly, defunct Eastern Region of Nigeria, 1946-51; member, Legislative Council of Nigeria, 1947-51; member, Constitution Drafting Committee, Lagos, 1948-50; appointed Chief Magistrate, defunct Western Region, 1952-56; Acting judge, High Court, Lagos, 1957-64; Acting Judge, High Court, defunct Western Region, 1956-57; appointed Judge, High Court, Lagos, 1957-64; Acting Chief Judge, Lagos High Court, 1961 and 1963; appointed Justice ofthe Supreme Court of Nigeria, Lagos, 1964-67; Judge, International Court of Justice, The Hague, 1967-76;Chairman, Committee on the…