{"id":8172,"date":"2017-01-17T15:30:04","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T14:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8172"},"modified":"2017-04-19T14:33:18","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T13:33:18","slug":"eka-honourable-justice-dr-bassey","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/eka-honourable-justice-dr-bassey\/","title":{"rendered":"EKA, Hon Justice (Dr.) Bassey"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LL.B, LL.M, BL, Ph.D, jurist, bom March 3,1938, Ikot Ebido, Oku, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State; married Ekaete Akpabio 1969, one son, two daughters; Education:: Gov ernment Practising School, Uyo, 1942-49, Aggrey Memorial College, Arochukwu, 1950-54, University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), lle-Ife, 1963-66, Ni gerian Law School, Lagos, 1966-67, Univer sity of Michigan, USA, 1967-68, University of Sheffield, England, 1970-72; Career: Appointed Clerical Officer (Accounts), Ni gerian RailwayCorporation, 1957-62; Tutor, St Timothy&#8217;s College, Onike, Yaba, 1962-63; Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Obafemi Awolowo University, lle-Ife, 1968-74; Senior Lecturer in Law, College of Technology (now The Polytechnic), Calabar, 1974-76; engaged in Private Legal Practice, 1976-84; appointed judge, High Court ofCross River State, 1984- 87; transferred to Akwa Ibom State, 1987; participant, International Conference ofAp pellate Court Judges, Abuja, 1992; Chair man, Robbery and Fireams Tribunal, Akwa Ibom State, since 1990; member, Interna tional Bar Association; fellow, administra tive Law Conference, Nigeria Law School; member, African- American Institute, United Nations Plaza, New York, USA; Awards: winner: Sir Lionel Brett Prize for Criminal Procedure and Evidence, Nigerian Law School, Lagos, 1967; Professor William W. Bishop Prize for Public International Law, University of Michigan, USA, 1968; Publi cations: Cases and Materials on Adminis trative Law in Nigeria, University of Ife Press; and several articles in learned jour nals; Hobbies: Reading, watching the sea, walking, jogging; Official Address: 183, Aka Road, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State; Home: 40, Ikot Ekpene Road, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[165],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8172","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-legal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8172","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19430,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8172\/revisions\/19430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8172"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}