Dan Onuorah Ibekwe

Dan Onuorah Ibekwe
President of the Nigerian courts of appeals
In office
1976–1978
Succeeded by Nasir Mamman
Personal details
Born Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria
Political party Non partisian

Dan Onuorah Ibekwe, was a Nigerian Jurist, former President of the Nigerian courts of appeals and Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.[1][2] He was succeeded by Justice Nasir Mamman following his demise in 1978.[3][4]

Life

Ibekwe was born on 23 June 1919, in Onitsha, the son of Akukaila and Amaliwu Ibekwe. He started primary education at St Mary's School and then attended Christ the King College both schools are in Onitsha. Furthering his education, he studied law at the Council of Legal Education, London. He was called to the bar in 1951. He started practicing law in the private firm of John Idowu Conrad Taylor but later moved to Aba in 1954. He joined the regional public service in 1956 as a legal adviser to the premier of the region and from 1958 to 1964, he was Solicitor General and Permanent Seceretary, Ministry of Justice, Eastern Region. Between 1965 and 1966, he was a senator and Minister in Charge of Commonwealth Relations, Ministry of External Affairs.[5]

Ibekwe was made a Supreme Court judge in 1972 and was at the court until 1975. In 1975, he served briefly as the Federal Commissioner of Justice but with the establishment of the Court of Appeal in 1976, he was appointed as the court's first president.

References

  1. ↑ "Supreme Court of Nigeria - Supreme Court of Nigeria". supremecourt.gov.ng.
  2. ↑ "Historical Dictionary of Nigeria". google.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "WHEN SHOULD LAWYERS BE MADE APPELLATE JUSTICES?". TheNigerianVoice.
  4. ↑ Yusuf Alli, Abuja. "Succession crisis hits Appeal Court". The Nation.
  5. ↑ Ogundere, J. D. (1994). The Nigerian judge and his court. Ibadan. University Press. P. 100
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