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How scripture aided Supreme Court decision in female inheritance case

In affirmation of an earlier ruling in August 2020, the Supreme Court held that the age-long tradition which denied females any inheritance from their fathers was discriminatory and contravenes Section 42(1)(a) and (2) of the Nigerian Constitution, 1999. The matter was commenced by Gladys Ada Ukeje, the daughter of late Lazarus Ogbonna Ukeje in 2004 over her family’s decision to deny her inheritance in her father’s estate based on the Igbo native law and custom. After she won at the high court, the widow of her father, Mrs Lois Ukeje, and her son, Enyinnaya Ukeje, appealed the ruling at the Court of Appeal – wherein the earlier decision was upheld. Thereupon, the family further appealed to the Supreme Court.

Rhodes-Vivour s Parting Notes | THISDAYLIVE

The valedictory court session held in honour of Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour last Monday was not all about encomiums and merriment, but an opportunity for him to provide tips that could enhance not only Nigeria’s jurisprudence, but help in justice delivery, writes Davidson Iriekpen After serving a total of 27 years as a judge of the three levels of court, 11 of which was at the Supreme Court, Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour, last Monday, bowed out after a colourful valedictory court session held in his honour at the apex court. The ceremony, which had all the justices of the Supreme Court in attendance, including the Chief Justice of the Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, also had judges of other courts, senior and junior lawyers and some public officials such as the Governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola and his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obaseki.

Many Supreme Court decisions no longer make sense ― Justice Rhodes-Vivour

Many Supreme Court decisions no longer make sense ― Justice Rhodes-Vivour
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