{"id":14468,"date":"2017-03-08T14:24:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T13:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&p=14468"},"modified":"2017-04-20T04:16:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T03:16:21","slug":"ikeazor-chimezie","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ikeazor-chimezie\/","title":{"rendered":"IKEAZOR, Chimezie SAN"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Date of Birth: Tuesday (Orie) 21s’ January, 1930 State of Origin: Anambra Local Government Area: Idemili Village\/Town: Obosi Contact Addresses: 14\/16 Abibu Oki, Lennards Building 2nd Floor, Lagos (Office) 40, Jalupou Close, Surulere Lagos (Residence) Contact Telephone: 234-1-48383 Barrister Chimezie Ikeazor (SAN), a Senior Citizen has had distinguished career in legal practice. He is one ofthe most respected lawyers in Nigeria who have practised law in a most civilized and dignified manner. His integrity as a man o f honour and respect is deeply rooted in his noble pedigree. Witha brilliant career in legal practice, many top legal luminaries had passed through the tutelage of this great ICON. Schools Attended Had a privileged educational career at a time when only few of his peers had parents who could afford it. \u2022 St Andrews School Obosi \u2022 Merchantof Light High School Oba, 1946 1950 \u2022 Kings College University of Hull England. 1952 1953 \u2022 University of London England. 1955 1958 \u2022 Theological Diploma. 1958 Called to the English Bar. Gray’s Inn London. 1959 Employment History \u2022 Appointed Federal Administrative Officer \u2022 Private and Assistant Secretary, Nigeria Federal Public Service. 1959 1960 \u2022 Barrister and Solicitor,SupremeCourt ofNigeria Became President and Founder, Legal Aid Association \u2022 National Vice President. Nigeria Bar Association, 1973 1974 \u2022 Director Board of International Legal Practice since 1975 Hobbies include – Classical.Soul and Traditional African Music, Photography, Boating, Swimming, Travelling and Meditation. In recognition ol’the numerous contribution of top Legal Icon, he was honoured with the Prestigious Senior Advocate ofNigeria- and wearing silk wig is not only a display of wisdom but also as a markof respectto whom honouris due. Chiel” Barrister Chimezie Ikeazor is married to MrsOnyire Ikeazorin 1955 and they are blessed with six Children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[165],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-14468","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-legal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14468","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\/8"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19516,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14468\/revisions\/19516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14468"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=14468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}