Justice ijeoma ojukwu biography

Human ; sex or gender · female ; country of citizenship · Nigeria ; date of birth.
Born 14th December,1966 in Kaduna Hon. Justice OJUKWU Lucia Ijeoma WAEC “O” Level – 1985 Bachelor of Laws, LLB (Hons) Second.
Mrs Ijeoma Ojukwu.

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OJUKWU, Lucia Ijeoma

Profession Lawyer/Administrator

Working Experience Assistant Editor,Law and Educational Publishers Ltd.No. 103 Market Road,Aba,Abia State – December 1990 – March 1991 , Legal Aid Counsel (NYSC Orientation Assignment) Maiduguri,Borno State –March 1991 – April 1991 , Legal Officer, Ministry of Justice Aba (NYSC Primary Assignment) – April 1991 – March 1992 , Private Legal Practice, (Coordinating Litigation Counsel) on Emeh & Co, No.G.C – July 2002 – October 2006 , Administrative Chief Magistrate, Chief Magistrate Court Umuahia South - October 2006 – 16th November 2006 , Chief Magistrate Grade I – January 2006 , Deputy Chief Registrar,(Magistrate/Special Duties) - High Court of Justice,Umuahia – 16th November 2006 , Judge, Federal High Court -22/06/2009

Girls’ Secondary School,Abakpa-Nike, Enugu – 1984 – 1985 Abia State University, Uturu – 1985 – 1989 Nigerian Law School,Victoria Island Lagos – 1990 University of Uyo,Akwa Ibom State –December 1999 – 2005 University of Nigeria,Nsukka (Enugu Campus) (Phd. In View) -2005

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Reading, Basketba

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Meet The Two Female Federal Judges Transferred To Calabar

By Jonathan Ugbal

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu and Justice Rosemary Dugbo have been assigned Courts 1 and 2 respectively in the Calabar division of the Federal High Court.

Both are replacing Justice Sule Shuaibu and Justice Simon Amobeda who have been reassigned to the Benin and Maiduguri divisions of the Court respectively.

They are to resume sitting in Calabar on April 12, 2021, a document signed by the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho and dated March 16, 2021 read.

Here is what we know about the Judges.

Justice Ijeoma Lucia Ojukwu

Born on December 14, 1966 in Kaduna State, Justice Ojukwu popular for her handling of the case of Omoyele Sowore, a Nigerian Journalist and Convener of #RevolutionNow and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, presided over Court 5 in the Abuja division of the Court.

She hails from Akuma in Oru West Local Government Area of Imo State and is married to Professor Ernest Ojukwu, SAN who is a native of Isuikwuato in Abia State. She was called to the bar in 1990 and holds

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Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, has convicted and sentenced Mohammed Sani Zubair to two years imprisonment.

Zubair, a serial fraudster was first arraigned on October 8, 2018, on 4-count charges bordering on fraudulent dealings. He was alleged to be a member of a syndicate,that specialized in defrauding people. Specifically, he defrauded a retired Army General to the tune of N180.000, 000( One Hundred and Eighty Million Naira only).

One of the counts read: "That you, Mohammed Sanni Zubair on or about October 2016, in Abuja, within the Abuja Judicial Division of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, did make a statement to Naziru Aminu Shehu, an officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, in the course of the exercise of the duties of his office, contained in your written statement dated 28th October, 2016, which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 39 (2) (a) and (b) of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment) Act, 2004".

He pleaded " not guilty" when th