{"id":10747,"date":"2017-02-16T15:15:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T14:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=10747"},"modified":"2017-05-15T15:46:54","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T14:46:54","slug":"okon-chief-edet-lawrence-etim","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okon-chief-edet-lawrence-etim\/","title":{"rendered":"OKON, Chief Edet Lawrence Etim"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legal Practitioner, Principal Partner, Konel &#038; Company. LGA:: Uruan; Born: Sept. , 5, 1944; Pa: Obong Columba Etim Okon and Mrs. Maria E. Okon; Divorced ; Children: Koko-Ete (23), Kufre (22), Unwana (20), Ubong ( 18); Education: Queen of Apostle&#8217;s (Juni or) Seminary, Afaha Obong, Abak, 1956-60; St. Fabians Teacher Training College, Ndukpo Ise, 1960-61 , GCE O&#8217;Level; Univ. of Nigeria, 1973-77, LL.B (Hons), Nigerian Law Sch., Lagos, 1977-78, B.L.; Other Qualifications: General Cert.of Ed ucation, 1972; GCE A&#8217; Level, 1970; Rapid Results College, London (Tuition), 1965; Wolsey Ha.l1 Oxford, England (Tuition), 1960; Career and Work Histo.&#8221;)&#8217;: Teacher, Primary and Sec Schools, 1962-73; Pupil State Counse l, Mini stry of Justice, Makurdi, Benue State, 1978-79; Counsel, Dr. Aquaowo Essien &#038; Co., Uyo, 1979-80; Counsel, A. A. W. Obong and Co. Kufre Abasi Chambers, Uyo, 1980-8 1; Konel &#038; Company, 1982- present; Career Related Responsibilities: Legal Adviser to several Companies and Development Asscns; Civic Activ ity : Chairman, Akwa Ibolll State Judo Asscn.; Honours: Knight of S1. John, Catholic Church, 1985; Judge Advocate of Christ the King Commandery 450, Uyo, 1985; Promoted Lieutenant, 1991 ; Grand Judge Advocate for Owerri Grand Commandery, 1992; Chief and Mem. of Nsomm &#8216;s Advisory Council by His Royal Highness, Edidem James Udo Afia, 1987; Professional Memberships: Mem., Nigerian Bar Assciation., 1978; Religious Affiliation: Catholic; Hobbies: Lawn Tenn is, Soccer, Reading; Chief Okon has travelled to Britain, France, Italy, Vatican City and Israel; Office: 4 1, Oron Road, P. O. Box 1076, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Tel: (085) 204742. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[165],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-10747","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-legal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10747","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\/10747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10747"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=10747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}