{"id":11864,"date":"2017-02-23T10:54:20","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T09:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=11864"},"modified":"2017-04-21T17:16:43","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T16:16:43","slug":"gwam-joseph-dike","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/gwam-joseph-dike\/","title":{"rendered":"GWAM, Joseph Dike"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LLB, BL, jurist, born November 6, 1933, Asaba, Bendel State; mar ried Rose Unoma Odum 1960, three sons, five daughters; Education: All SaintsSchool, Asaba, 1941-48,St. Patrick&#8217;s College, Asaba, 1949-53, Institute of Hospital Administration, Portland Place, London, 1958-62, Holborn College of Law, 1960-62, Council of Legal Education, London, 1960-62; Called to the English Bar at the Lincoln&#8217;s Inn, London, 1963; Called to the Northern Bar, 1964; engaged in Private Legal Practice, Benin City, January-April, 1964; State Counsel, Grade II, 1964-68; State Counsel, Grade I, 1968-69; Senior State Counsel, Grade II, 1969-71; Senior State Counsel, Grade I, 1971-73; Principal State Counsel, 1973-76; Deputy Solicitor-General and later Acting Solicitor-General, Ministry of Justice, Bendel State, 1976-81; appointed Judge, High Court of Gongola State, since 1982; member, Bendel Football Association, 1976-80; participated in the Commonwealth Law Conference, London, 1980; Secretary, Committee of the Prerogative of Mercy, Bendel State; Chairman, Judicial Commission into Gembu Riots, 1983; member, Royal Institute of Public Administration, Lon don; Traditional Titles: Ogbueshi; Agba of Asaba; Hobbies: farming, table tennis, photo graphy; Official Address: High Court of Justice, Mubi, Gongola State; Telephone: (089) 82120; Home: Quarter No. M164, GRA, Mubi, Gon gola State; Telephone: (089) 82604.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[253],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-11864","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-military"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/11864","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\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/11864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11864"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=11864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}