{"id":18329,"date":"2017-03-30T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=18329"},"modified":"2017-05-31T12:16:43","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T11:16:43","slug":"uke-justice-evaristus-akpanke","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/uke-justice-evaristus-akpanke\/","title":{"rendered":"UKE, Justice Evaristus Akpanke"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LL.B, B.L; jurist; DOB: May 5, 1940; Hometown: Ohong; LGA:Obudu ;State: Cross River; Married: Elizabeth Ushang Ogar, I963; No of Children: four sons, four daughters; EDUCATION: Primary School, Ohong, Obudu, 1946-50; St. Charles&#8217; School, Obudu, 1951-52; Preparatory Teacher&#8217;s Training College, Obudu, 1953; St. Thomas&#8217; College, Ogoja, 1954-55; 1963-64; University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu Campus, 1970-73; Nigerian Law School, Lagos, 1973-74. CAREER: Headmaster, Primary School, Okodem, Alege, Obudu, 1959; Headmaster, Roman Catholic Mission, Yache, Gabu, Ogoja LGA (now Yala LGA) 1960-61; Headmaster, Roman Catholic Mission, Otukwem Ogoja, 1961-62; Headmaster, Roman Catholic Mission Buaguam, Obudu, 1965-66; Teacher, Government Secondary School, Obudu, 1966-67; Teacher, St. Charles&#8217; School, Obudu, 1967-68; Headmaster, Primary School, Buaguam, Obudu, 1968-69; State Counsel, Ministry of Justice, Calabar, 1974-75; Magistrate Grade III, Magistrate&#8217;s Court, Obubra, 1975-76; Magistrate Grade II and 1, Snr. Magistrate&#8217;s Court, Oron, Cross River State (now Akwa Ibom State), 1976-77; Snr. Magistrate Grade II, Chief Magistrate&#8217;s Court, Calabar, 1978-79; Snr. Magistrate Grade 1, Chief Magistrate&#8217;s Court, Ikom, 1980-81; Chief Magistrate Grade II, 1981-82; High comm. Sierra Leone, 1982-83; High Court Judge of Cross River State, Calabar since July 1985; High Court of Justice, Ikom, 1990-93; High Court of Justice, Ogoja, 1991-97; Judge High Court of justice , Calabar, 1998; mm. Elections Petitions Tribunal, Delta State, 1999, Hospital Management Committee, Sacred Heart Hospital, Obudu, 1968-70; Secretary, Magistrates&#8217; Association of Nigeria, Cross River State, 1977- 81; ch. Advisory Council, Federal Government College, Ikom, Cross River State, 1993, ch. National Assembly Bye Election Petitions Tribunal Cross river State, 1999; f. Institute of Administration Management of Nigeria Incorporated, tt. EvaI Gazubi of Adadama (meaning Prince of Peace); h. Certified and Distinguished Public Administrator; Certified and Distinguished Manpower Administrator. Decoration. Knight of St Mulumba (KSM). sc. Lions Club of Nigeria; Rotary Club of Nigeria, Obudu; member, Freetown Dinner Club, Sierra- Leone, hob. poultry, reading, international affairs, off. Judges&#8217; Chambers, High Court of Justice, P. O. Box 1002, Calabar, Cross River State, tel. 087-220651. res. A21, State Housing, Calabar, Cross River State. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[165],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-18329","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-legal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18329","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\/18329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18329"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=18329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}