Draft:Chike Chigbue
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Chief Christopher Chike Chigbue (Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Officer Federal Republic of Nigeria (OFR)) was born on the 14th of September 1956 at Paddington General Hospital, London, to the Late Honourable Justice VJO Chigbue (Retired Justice of the Court of Appeal and once Acting Chief Justice of Kaduna) and Mrs. Justina Nkechi Chigbue (a retired Chief Inspector of Education in Lagos state).[1].
Chike, as he was popularly known, started his primary school education at Islington Primary School, London, N1. His parents, having qualified in their respective educational pursuits in England, returned with Chike to Nigeria in March 1962[2].
Chike continued his primary education at Surulere Baptist School, Lagos, in 1963 and completed it at St Peter's Catholic School, Ogwashi—Uku, in 1968 due to the outbreak of the Nigerian Civil War[3].
Chike had his secondary education at St Anthony's College Ubulu-Uku and later St Pius Grammar School Onitsha-Ugbo[4].
He later proceeded to St Patrick's College Asaba for his Higher School Certificate course[5].
In 1975, Chike gained admission to study law at the University of Ife and graduated in 1979 with second-class honors (upper division), winning the IRVING & BONAR and Faculty of Law Awards as the best Graduating Law student of that year[6].
Chike was called to the outer bar and enrolled at the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 1980 as a lawyer, having graduated from the Nigerian Law School[7].
In 1980, Chike served as a legal officer with the Adjutant-General of the Nigerian Army under the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme[8].
Chike cut his legal teeth in the chambers of Chief G.N. Uwechue (S.A.N) in Lagos between 1981 and 1983 before setting up his own chambers, CHIKE CHIGBUE & CO "TEMPLE CHAMBERS," first in Lagos and then Abuja[1]. He gained a high-profile reputation for winning often controversial and sensational cases, particularly in areas where the law was somewhat recondite[9].
Most notably, he represented Shehu Musa Yar'Adua in 1995, contesting that his detention by the then-military government was a violation of his human rights[10]. Additionally, in the Governorship of Adamawa state case in 1999, the Supreme Court decided that a Deputy Governor-Elect should be sworn in as Governor when the Governor-elect of the state (Alhaji Atiku Abubakar GCON) had been nominated as the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and was therefore unavailable to be sworn in as Governor[11]
This landmark case caused a constitutional stir, with the sound reasoning of the erudite lawyer being adopted and entrenched in the provisions of the Nigerian Constitution.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Chief. CHIGBUE Chike, SAN". Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria.
- ^ "OBI CHIGBUE AJIE, THE INFLUENTIAL IBUSA CHIEF APPOINTED A WARRANT CHIEF BY THE BRITISH". Emeka Esogbue Blog.
- ^ "Nigeria: Remembering Chike Chigbue". AllAfrica. 2009-11-24.
- ^ "Nigeria: Looking Back On Life". AllAfrica. 2001-10-30.
- ^ a b "Nails Newsletter, December 2009" (PDF). Nails Newsletter.
- ^ "I applied twice to be SAN but wasn't picked — Justice of Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Ademola Bakre". Punch.
- ^ "NAMES OF SENIOR ADVOCATES OF NIGERIA" (PDF).
- ^ "7 HABITS OF A SUCCESSFUL LAWYER IN NIGERIA".
- ^ Adegun, Aanu (January 30, 2023). ""Study Gani Fawehinmi, Wole Olanipekun, others - Ajulo tells Nigerian lawyers". Legit.ng - Nigeria news.
- ^ "NIGERIA-POLITICS: OBASANJO'S ARREST ABACHA'S LATEST 'FAUX-PAS'". Inter Press Service. March 14, 1995.
- ^ "Olusunle: Atiku's Govt Will Reset Nigeria – THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com.
- ^ "I applied twice to be SAN but wasn't picked — Justice of Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Ademola Bakre". Punch.
- ^ "Chief. CHIGBUE Chike, SAN".