Chukwudifu Oputa - Wikipedia Chukwudifu Oputa CFR (22 September 1924 – 4 May 2014) was a Nigerian jurist who was Judge of the Supreme Court of Nigeria from 1984 to 1989. He was appointed in 1999 by Olusegun Obasanjo to head the Oputa panel which investigated human right abuses by former military juntas and submitted their findings in 2003.JUSTICE CHUKWUDIFU AKUNNE OPUTA(1918-2014) by Raymond Nkannebe A former Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa has passed on. The legal icon reportedly died on Sunday, May 4, 2014, at the National Hospital, Abuja at 96. The late Jurist, who would have been 96 in Aug, suffered a relapse of the stroke he had in February this year and was rushed to the hospital where he was.Chukwudifu Oputa - Wikipedia Hon. Justice Chukwudifu Akunne Oputa,CFR and a retired justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, was a legal icon, Chukwudifu Oputa, as he was fondly called in the judicial circle, was born into. OPUTA Chukwudifu - Modupe Apoola Encyclopedia - LITCAF
Chukwudifu Oputa CFR (22 September – 4 May ) was a Nigerian jurist who was Judge of the Supreme Court of Nigeria from to He was appointed in by Olusegun Obasanjo to head the Oputa panel which investigated human right abuses by former military juntas and submitted their findings in Martin, who has put in about 24 years into the legal profession, believes that he is qualified to be called an activist like most lawyers. B.Sc, BA, LL.B, BL,CFR, D.Litt; retired jurist; b: Septem, 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's Inn, London, 1953. cr.
Justice Chukwudifu Oputa is one of Africa's best legal brains. Yesterday, the remains of one of Nigeria’s most distinguished legal personalities, the late Justice Chukwudifu Oputa was finally interned at his country home of Oguta, in Imo state amidst pomp.
Chukwudifu 'Socrates' Oputa (1918-2014) - The Nation Newspaper
A former Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa has passed on. The legal icon reportedly died on Sunday, May 4, , at the National Hospital, Abuja at 
Life and times of eminent jurist, CHUKWUDIFU OPUTA
, BA, LL.B, BL,CFR, ; retired jurist; b: Septem, ht: Oguta, so: Imo; married, has five children; ed: Sacred Heart School, Oguta, ; Christ the King College, Onitsha, ; Higher College, Yaba; Achimota College, Ghana, ; University of London, England called to the English Bar, Gray's Inn, London, cr.
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The judicial career of Justice Chukwudifu Oputa spanned 26 years through four regions, states and territories until his retirement from the Supreme Court in at the age of The man Chukwudifu Oputa - The Nation Newspaper
Justice Chukwudifu Oputa continues to stand tall even now, six years after his death, perhaps, as the most prominent son of the lake side town of Oguta – Ameshi, in Imo state. Christ the King College, Onitsha - Wikipedia
Oputa is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, and pioneer Chief Judge of Imo State. In spite of an unpromising infanthood, life began for Oputa early and he had become principal while pursing his B.A degree, so young that he grew beards to look older. Life and times of eminent jurist, CHUKWUDIFU OPUTA
Chukwudifu, a renowned legal colossus, Economist, HIstorian, public Servant, administrator extraordinaire, Visionary statesman and the Socrates of Nigerian legal history thanks to his knack for.