{"id":10042,"date":"2017-02-08T13:49:30","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T12:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=10042"},"modified":"2017-02-08T15:48:55","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T14:48:55","slug":"okafor-sir-gabriel-ofodile","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okafor-sir-gabriel-ofodile\/","title":{"rendered":"OKAFOR, Sir Gabriel Ofodile"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dateof Birth: Sunday (Nkwo) 20th February, 1949 State of Origin: Enugu Local Government Area: Uzo-Uwani Village\/Town: Nkpologu Contact Address: Suit Nos 166-118, 15, Ndola Crescent Opposite Corporate Affairs Commission, Off Michael Okpara Estate Zone 5, Wuse P.O. Box 5966 Garki Abuja Contact Telephone: 234-(9)-5233246; 234-8037021078 Fax: 09-5237858: 234-8036278717 Sir Gabriel Ofodile Okafor (SAN) is one of the respected Legal luminaries whose antecedents in Legal profession speak volumes in Nigeria. His elevation in the Legal Profession as a Senior Advocate of Nigeria distinguished him as a prudent and diligent Lawyer of note. He hails from the ancient town of Nkpologu in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State. Education and Qualifications Obtained \u2022 St. Joseph&#8217;s Primary School. Nsukka F.S.L. 1959-1961 \u2022 University of Lagos LLB Hons 1972-1975 \u2022 Nigeria Law School B.L 1975-1976 Notary Public for Nigeria. 1984 Elevated to the Status of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), September 1997. \u2022 Diploma in Computer Studies. 1998 \u2022 Associate Member. Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) 2002 \u2022 Member. Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK). August. 2004 Work Experience Served as the Staff of University of Nigeria Nsukka at C.E.C and Personnel Officer, 1964-1972 \u2022 National Service (N.Y.S.C.) with Clement Ikomi (Esq) Chambers, 1977. \u2022 Principal Partner. G. Ofodile Okafor (SAN) MCI Arb. London. This Chambers is the local solicitor lo the following corporate groups: \u2022 Messrs First Bank of Nigeria Pic in Plateau and Bauchi Stales. Legal Retainer to African International Bank Limited and Lion Bank of Nigeria Pic (now merged with Diamond Bank Pic) Plateau Stale. Legal Retainer to UNIC Insurance Pic Plateau State and the U.A.C. of Nigeria Pic Legal Services to the Nation \u2022 Member. Judicial Commission of Inquiry on T.C.PC. Enugu Slate, 1992 \u2022 Invited lo Join the High Court Bench of Enugu State, 1993 \u2022 Member. Plateau State Local Government Election Appeal Tribunal. 1996 \u2022 Chairman. Plateau State Local Government Election Tribunal. 1997 Membership of Learned and Professional Associations \u2022 Member. National Executive Committee, Nigeria Bar Association \u2022 Member, NBA Judiciary Committee. 1999 \u2022 Member and Judge Advocate. Knight of St. John International (KSJ) Commandary 452 Jos \u2022 Associate Member. Chartered Institute of Arbitrators London. 2004 \u2022 Member. Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. London 2004 \u2022 Alternate Chairman. 2005 Conference Planning Committee of Nigeria Bar Association. \u2022 Member. Body of Benchers. 2006 Membership of Social and Religious Organizations \u2022 Member. Nkpologu Social Club of Nigeria \u2022 Chairman. Parish Council. St. Monica&#8217;s Parish. Miango Low-cost. 2000-2004 \u2022 Chairman. Justice and Peace Committee of St. Monica&#8217;s Parish Rantya. \u2022 Vice President. Parent Teachers Association Bethony Christian Academy. Barakin Ladi It is on record that Sir Okafor has been in Legal Practice since 1977. Awards and Honours He has received many awards and accolades from various organizations including: Award of Chief Servant of Honour by St. Jarlath&#8217;s Catholic Church. Bukuru. 1996 Hobbies include Reading. Traveling and Gardening. Sir Okafor belives in hard work and transparent honesty to achieving success. He is a son. the Igbo are proud of. He is happily married to Mrs. Virginia Neze Okafor and the marriage is blessed with six children namely Chinero. Chijioke. Ngozi. Ofodile (Jnr.) Onyinyechi and Ujunwa. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[165],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-10042","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-legal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10042\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10042"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=10042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}