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Bode Rhodes-Vivour

Bode Rhodes-Vivour

Nigerian jurist (born 1951)

Bode Rhodes-Vivour CFR (born 22 March 1951) is a Nigerian jurist and former justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.[1][2]

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Early life

Bode Rhodes-vivour was born on 22 March 1951 in Lagos Island, a city in western Nigeria.[3] to the family of Mr and Mrs Akinwunmi Rhodes-Vivour. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Law from the University of Lagos in 1974 and was called to the bar in 1975 after graduating from the Nigerian Law School.[4] In 1983, he received a certificate in Legislative Drafting from the University of Nairobi under the Commonwealth Programme.[5]

Law career

In 1975, he joined the Lagos State Judiciary as State Counsel and became Director of Public Prosecutions in 1989. He was appointed a High Court Judge in 1994 and in 2005 appointed to the Nigerian courts of appeal as Justice.

In August 2010, he was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria along with Justice Suleiman Galadima.[6][7][8]

Personal life

He is married to Adedoyin Rhodes-Vivour.[9]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour Archives - The Nation". The Nation. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Petition over the involvement of Hon. Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour in Bode George & ORS VS FRN". Modern Ghana.
  3. [3]
    "NJC save us from justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, Bode George must remain in prison". Sahara Reporters.
  4. [4]
    "Rhodes-Vivour: 100 policemen comb kidnappers' hideouts". The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015.
  5. [5]
    Our Correspondent. "New Telegraph – Rhodes-Vivour's son laments 'new wigs' poor remuneration". newtelegraphonline.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015.
  6. [6]
    "ELEVATION TO SUPREME COURT: FASHOLA REITERATES CONFIDENCE IN JUSTICES RHODES-VIVOUR, KEKERE-EKUN". Encomium Magazine.
  7. [7]
    "Rhodes-Vivour, Galadima Confirmed for Supreme Court, Articles | THISDAY LIVE". Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  8. [8]
    Sunday Ejike - Abuja. "S/Court dismisses suspended Rivers CJ's appeals". tribune.com.ng. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015.
  9. [9]
    "Kidnappers of Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour's wife, others pocketed N3m". Vanguard News. 30 May 2013.


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