{"id":14194,"date":"2017-03-07T14:32:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T13:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&p=14194"},"modified":"2017-11-22T10:00:27","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T09:00:27","slug":"oni-okpaku-justice-mrs-olufunmilayo-abigail-rtd-nee-dixoa","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/oni-okpaku-justice-mrs-olufunmilayo-abigail-rtd-nee-dixoa\/","title":{"rendered":"ONI-OKPAKU, Justice (Mrs.) Olufunmilayo Abigail (rtd.)"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BL,jurist DOB: November 9,1940; Place: Lagos; Hometown: Abeokuta; State: Ogun; Married: Benji A.Ohi-Okpaku, 1960; No of Children: one sons, three daughters; Education: Anglican Girls’ School, Broad Street Lagos, 1943-51; Holy Child College, Lagos, 1952-57; Federal Training School, Lagos; 1958; InnerTemple, London, 1959-63; Council of Legal Education, London, 1963; Nigerian Law School, Lagos,1963; Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of Lagos, 1986; CAREER: Engaged in Private Legal Practice, Lagos\/EdoState\/Lagos, 1964-69; Legal Adviser to Flour Mills, Lagos, 1968; Magistrate, EdoState, 1969-70; Senior Magistrate, 1971-76; Notary Public, 1976; Private Legal Practice, Benin City, 1976-79; Chief Magistrate, l979-85; High Court Judge of Edo State, 1985; ch: Currency and Miscellaneous Offences Tribunal, Lagos Zone, 1990-95; Chief Judge, Edo State Judiciary, 2005; SoleCommissioner, Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Traditional Rulers School of Itlushi, Edo State. 1998-99; chairman Newsletter Committee, National Association of Women Judges, Nigeria, 1993; Election Appeals Tribunal, Edo State, 2004; mm: financial sec Magistrates’ Association of Nigeria, Bendel State Branch, 1974-76; gelt.sec. 1976-80; exec. Magistrates’ Association of Nigeria, 1981; International Federation of Women Lawyers(FIDA); Legal Adviser. Association of Working Wives of Nigeria, Bendel State, 1976; Legal Adviser, National Council of Women’s Societies, Bendel State,1976-79; International Bar Association, 1980; Leprosy Control and Relief Association, Bendel State, 1986; National Association of Women Judges (NAWJN); presd: Lioness Club (Lion Club International), Benin City, 1982; pobfc Immigration Act in Nigeria with Particular reference to Women. FIDA,\\91\\Comments on the Draft Constitution: The Observer. Benin City, 1916; Police and Administration of Justice in Nigeria. 1985; The Young Advocate-Challenges and Prospects, University of Benin, 1990; The Role of Special Tribunals in Administration of Justice in Nigeria, University of Lagos, 1994; The Cross and the Ban University of Benin, 2001, and many other publications; Attended numerous seminars, including 20*Convention of FIDA, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1979;6*Commonwealth Law Conference, Lagos, 1980; 18*Conference, International BarAssociation, Berlin, West Germany, 1980; Delegate, Human RightsUw Seminar, Ugos, 1982; 23″1Convention ofFIDA,Brussels, Belgium, 1986;African Centre for Democracyand Human Rights Studies, 2-Training Course, Johanesburg, South Africa, 1997; 18* International Conference lnter Reform of Criminal Law, Montreal Quebec, Canada, 2004; 6: Biographee, Africa Who’sWho: The New Who is Who Nigeria: Inte TmkMri Centre, Cambridge, England; Biography International. Delhi, India; American Biographical Institute; Universal Intelligence Data Bank of America; Award: Woman of the Year Award, Benin City, 1977; Hobbies: reading, listening to music, gardening, res: 31,Boundary Road,GRA.P.M.B. II80,Benin City, EdoState.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[165],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-14194","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-legal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14194","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\/14194\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14194"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=14194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}