{"id":14020,"date":"2017-03-06T15:09:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T14:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=14020"},"modified":"2017-05-16T10:40:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T09:40:05","slug":"oputa-justice-chukwudifu-akunne","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/oputa-justice-chukwudifu-akunne\/","title":{"rendered":"OPUTA, Justice Chukwudifu Akunne;"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc, BA, LL.B, BL,CFR, D.Litt; retired jurist; b: September 22, 1924, ht: Oguta, so: Imo; married, has five children; ed: Sacred Heart School, Oguta, 1930- 1936; Christ the King College, Onitsha, 1937-1940; Higher College, Yaba; Achimota College, Ghana, 1945; University of London, England called to the English Bar, Gray&#8217;s Inn, London, 1953. cr: Teacher, Africa College; Principal, Kalahari National College, Buguma, 1945- 48; Administrative Officer, Nigerian Secretariat, Lagos, 1949-51; private legal practice, 1953-65; Appointed as Judge of the High Court of Eastern Nigeria, 1966; appointed Judge, defunct East Central State, 1971-76; First Chief Judge, Imo State, 1976-84;Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, 1984; mm. Eastern Nigeria Marketing Board, 1958- 65; University of Nigeria Council, 1959-66; conducted various inquiries as counsel, including: Port Harcourt inquiry,Oputa Chieftaincy Dispute, 1958\/59; Nembe Chieftaincy Dispute, 1959 and Obudu Chieftaincy Dispute, 1960; ch. Commission of inquiry into the Structure of Customary Courts in former Eastern Nigeria, 1967; Commission of Inquiry into Abakaliki &#8211; Nkpuma Akpatakpa Disturbance, 1973; Human Rights Violations Investigations Commission, 1999-2001; Conference of Papal Knights, St Paul&#8217;s Society of Church Wardens, Owerri, Commission of Inquiry into revenue Collection, East Central State, 1975; Federal Government Enquiry into the Causes of Scarcity of t Petroleum Products in Nigeria and Recommendations for Permanent Solution, 1975; Chancellor, Imo State University, Owerri; presd. Nigerian Red Cross; Shanahan Society; Nigerian Society for the . prevention of Accidents; National Council of St. Jude&#8217;s Society; Patron Nigerian Federation of Catholic University Students; h\/award. Doctor of letters, (honouris Causa), Imo State University, Owerri Confened with Exemplary Model of Active and Healthy Ageing by International Federation of Ageing in Nigeria, 2001; Knight Commander; St Gregory the Great, Knight Commander; St. Sylvester Pope; Knight; St. Mulumba, National Association of Distinguished Lawyers NADL, distinguished jurist award, 2003; publ: Modern Bar Advocacy, 1973, reprints, 1982; Life at Tlie Bar, Conduct at the Bar and written laws and the unwritten Jaws of Legal Proffession, 1976; reprints,1982,The Law and the Twin . Pillars of Justice, 1981; Homicide Through The Cases, In Search of a &#8216;Disciplined Society through Law, 1987; Visions, Dreams and lllussions (In perspective of Justice, International Peace and Security) 1988; Human Rights in the Political and Legal Culture of Nigeria, 1998; In {the Eyes of the-Law, 1992, Ourtemple of Justice, 1993. hob: reading, fishing, game hunting, photography, res: Oguta, Imo State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[165],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-14020","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-legal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14020","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\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14020\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14020"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=14020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}