{"id":11273,"date":"2017-02-20T17:26:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T16:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=11273"},"modified":"2017-05-17T10:50:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T09:50:00","slug":"okunribido-justice-samuel-olu","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okunribido-justice-samuel-olu\/","title":{"rendered":"OKUNRIBIDO, Justice Samuel Olu"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LL.B, LL.M, jurist born November 5, 1923, Isonyin Ijebu, Ogun State; married Araronke Olufunmilayo Obafemi 1958, four sons, three daughters; Education: Emmanuel School, Isonyin, 1932, Ijebu-Ode Grammar School, 1932-36, Oduduwa College, Ile-Ife. 1937, Igbo bi College, Yaba, 1938-43, King&#8217;s College, University of London, 1952-55, The Honoura ble Society of the Middle Temple London, 1952-55, The Hague Academy of International Law, 1955, London School of Economics and Political Science, 1959, Trinity College, University of Cambridge, London, 1959-60, Called to the Bar, Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, 1955; Served as a Third Class, Second Class and First Class Clerk, 1943-48; acting Assistant Secretary, Chief Secretary&#8217;s Office, 1948-51; engaged in Private Legal Practice, 1956; Crown Counsel, Legal Department, Lagos 1956-60; Senior State Counsel, Legal Department, Lagos, 1961-63;&#8217; Principal State Counsel, 1964; Legal Adviser, Federal Ministry of Finance, 1964-70; Directorof Public Prosecution, Federal Ministry of Justice, 1972-74; appointed Judge, Federal High Court, 1974-November 1988; retired from the Federal High Court, November 5, 1988 (at 65); Senior Legal Adviser, Legal Affairs Office, United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA, 1966-69; Senior Adviser, Legal Af fairs Office, United Nations Legal Counsel Office, Lagos, 1960-1970; Legal Adviser, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 1969-70, 1970-74; Hobbies: reading, swimming, lawn tennis, table tennis, photography, walking, music; Official Address: Judge&#8217;s Chambers, Federal High Court, 24 Queen&#8217;s Drive, PMB 12670, Ikoyi, Lagos;Tele phone: (01) 682006; Home: 3 Inupa Drive, Ikoyi, Lagos; Telephone: (01) 680861. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[165],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-11273","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-legal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/11273","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\/11273\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11273"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=11273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}