{"id":13928,"date":"2017-03-06T11:54:38","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T10:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=13928"},"modified":"2017-05-22T11:41:12","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T10:41:12","slug":"ovie-whiskey-justice-victor-erereko","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ovie-whiskey-justice-victor-erereko\/","title":{"rendered":"OVIE-WHISKEY, Justice Victor Erereko"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LLB, BL retired jurist, born April 6, 1924, Ikiwewu, Agbarho, Ughelli, Bendel State; married Juliana Atigbiolaye, one son, eight daughters; Education: Government School, Warri, 1933-39, King&#8217;s College, Lagos, 1939-44, School of Agriculture, Moor Planta tion, Ibadan, Yaba Higher College, Lagos and University College (now University of Ibadan), Ibadan, 1947-48, Inns of Court Law School, England, called to the English Bar, Middle Temple. London, May 1952; Third Class Clerk, Nigerian Marine Department, 1945; Teacher, Western Boys&#8217; High School, Benin City, 1949-50; Teacher, Hussey College, Warri, 1951-52; engaged in private legal practice, Warri, 1954-60; served as Councillor, Warri Urban District Council; Magistrate, defunct Western Nigeria, 1960-63; Senior Magistrate and later. Chief Magistrate, MidWestern (now Bendel) State, 1963-65; ap pointed Commissioner for Customary Courts, former Mid-Western State, 1965; acting Chief Registrar, High Court, 1966; acting Director of Public Prosecutions, 1967; acting Judge, High Court, former Mid-Western State, 1967-69; appointed Judge, High Court and later, Chief Judge, High Court, Benin City, 1976-80; appointed Chairman, defunct Federal Electoral Commission (FEDECO), 1980-83; Foreign Honour:awarded Grand Knight of Order ofSt. Gregorythe Great (K.S.G.); Hob bies: table tennis, poultry keeping; Address: 76, 3rd Avenue, GRA, Benin City, Bendel State. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[165],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-13928","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-legal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/13928","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\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/13928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13928"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=13928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}