Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen simply known as Walter Onnoghen was
born on 22 December 1950 in Cross Rivers State. He had been the Justice
of the Supreme Court of Nigeria since 2005 before his recent
appointment
as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria. He graduated from the University
of Ghana at Legon, Ghana in 1977 and from the Nigerian Law School in
Lagos in 1978. Before joining the Supreme Court, he was a judge in
Cross River State and a justice of the Court of Appeal.
After
being nominated as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria by
the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, he was confirmed by the
Senate today, 1st March, 2017.
As a judge, he made history with
lots of judgements. Onnoghen upheld the death sentence meted out to
Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, known as “Rev. King”, the general overseer of
Christian Praying Assembly, who was accused of murdering a member of his
church in 2006.
He annulled Yar’Adua’s election in December
2008 and called for a fresh one, after the then Gen. Buhari argued that
the election was rigged.
Furthermore, he made a landmark
pronouncement in the case of two Igbo women, Gladys Ada Ukeje and Maria
Nweke, who argued that they should have equal access as men to the
inheritance of their parents. In Igbo culture, women had been
disinherited for ages as a result of tradition.
Congrats to him.
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Mayor LP
Well deserved. Congrats
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Adibe Oti
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