Chukwunweike Idigbe

Chukwunweike Idigbe was a former justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, he was appointed to the position on April 10, 1964. He later served as Chief Justice of the Mid-Western region.

The Honorable

Chukwunweike Idigbe
Justice Supreme Court of Nigeria
In office
April 10, 1964 – 1967
Nominated byTafawa Balewa
Chief Justice Mid-Western region, Nigeria
In office
March 1966 – 1967
Succeeded byAyo Irikefe
Justice Supreme Court of Nigeria
In office
1975–1983
Nominated byMurtala Mohammed
Personal details
Born(1923-08-12)August 12, 1923
DiedJuly 31, 1983
Spouse(s)Winifred Ogbolu-Idigbe
Alma materKing's College London

Life

Idigbe was born to family of Ignatious and Christiana Idigbe in Kaduna, both parents were from Asaba Delta State and in 1977, Justice Idigbe was bestowed the traditional chieftaincy title of Izoma of Asaba. His father was a produce officer with a marketing board and later appointed as a member of the Western House of Chiefs representing Asaba under the Action Group.[1]

Idigbe started education at Stella Maris College, Port Harcourt. In 1937, he attended Christ the King College, Onitsha and then proceeded to study law at King's College London and Middle Temple (Inns Court of London) where he finished with a LL.B. Second Class Upper Division. He was called to the bar in 1947 and thereafter established a private law practice in Warri that covered the Western African Court of Appeal. On May 22, 1961, he was appointed a judge of the Western Nigeria High court. He was made a supreme Court Justice in 1964 and from 1966 to 1967, he served concurrently as the Chief Justice of the newly created Mid-Western region. However, in 1967, by virtue of his hometown, Idigbe was on the Biafran in the Nigerian Civil War and ceased to be a Nigerian judge. In 1972, he joined Irving and Bonnar, a private firm and three years later, he was re-appointed a judge in the Supreme Court. As a judge he was chairman of a land use committee set up to review the land tenure system in Nigeria.

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References
  1. "10th Justice Idigbe Memorial Lecture" (PDF). Yemi Osinbajo. Archived from the original on 2 August 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)


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