Bode Rhodes-Vivour

Bode Rhodes-Vivour , CFR (born 22 March 1951) is a Nigerian jurist and Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.[1][2]

Bode Rhodes-Vivour
Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
Assumed office
16 September 2010
Personal details
Born (1951-03-22) 22 March 1951
Lagos State, Nigeria
Political partyNon partisian

Early life

Justice Rhodes-vivour was born on March 22, 1951 in Lagos Island, a city of Lagos State western Nigeria.[3] He obtained a bachelor's degree in Law from the University of Lagos in 1974 and was Call to the bar in 1975 after he graduated from the Nigerian Law School.[4] In 1983, he proceeded to the University of Nairobi where he received a certificate in Legislative Drafting under the auspices of Commonwealth Programme.[5]

Law career

In 1975, he joined the Lagos State Judiciary as State Counsel and later rose to the position of Director of Public Prosecutions in 1989, he held this position for five years before he was appointed as High Court Judge in 1994 and after eleven years of services in the Judiciary, he was appointed to the bench of the Nigerian courts of appeal as Justice in 2005. On August 2010, he was appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court of Nigeria as Justice, along with Justice Suleiman Galadima.[6][7][8]

Personal life

He is married to Adedoyin Rhodes-Vivour.[9]

See also
  • List of Justice of the Nigerian courts of appeals

References
  1. "Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour Archives - The Nation". The Nation. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
  2. "Petition over the involvement of Hon. Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour in Bode George & ORS VS FRN". Modern Ghana.
  3. "NJC save us from justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, Bode George must remain in prison". Sahara Reporters.
  4. "Rhodes-Vivour: 100 policemen comb kidnappers' hideouts". The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18.
  5. Our Correspondent. "New Telegraph – Rhodes-Vivour's son laments 'new wigs' poor remuneration". newtelegraphonline.com. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18.
  6. "ELEVATION TO SUPREME COURT: FASHOLA REITERATES CONFIDENCE IN JUSTICES RHODES-VIVOUR, KEKERE-EKUN". Encomium Magazine.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-04-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. Sunday Ejike - Abuja. "S/Court dismisses suspended Rivers CJ's appeals". tribune.com.ng. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18.
  9. "Kidnappers of Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour's wife, others pocketed N3m". Vanguard News.


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