Chimezie Ikeazor
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Timothy Chimezie Ikeazor is a Nigerian Lawyer. Born in 1930 in Obosi
, Anambra State
to Eugene Keazor
(a retired Assistant Commissioner of Police in the former Eastern Region of Nigeria and Mrs N.Ikeazor (the first Mid-wife of Igbo origin) and Grandson of Igwe Israel Eloebo Iweka, King of Obosi and the first Igbo Engineer (educated at Imperial College, London) and first indigenous author of Igbo history-1922.
Chimezie Ikeazor was educated at Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha, Anambra State, proceeding subsequently to the University of London, where he obtained a Degree in Theology and subsequently read Law at Kings College London. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn London in 1960.
He returned to Nigeria and immediately proceeded into Law Practice, setting up the Law practice Ikeazor and Iweka in Onitsha, with his cousin Rob Iweka (who was later to become Attorney-General of Anambra State, Nigeria). On dissolution of this practice, he set up Practice on his own account in Lagos, building a strong Human Rights and Administrative Law practice, which was characterised by a substantial amount of pro-bono work for indigent clients facing Criminal prosecution. This was to translate into his agitating for and facilitating the creation of the Nigerian Legal Aid Association, alongside Chief Solomon Lar
and Chief Debo Akande, which evolved into a full creature of Statute via the Legal Aid Decree 1977 (later the Legal Aid Act).
He was appointed a Senior Advocate of Nigeria
(SAN)-equivalent to Queens Counsel- in 1986, and was subsequently conferred with the First Class Chieftaincy title of Oboli II of Obosi by the Igwe (King) and Council of Chief's of Obosi and has sat on the Council of Chief's of Obosi, since 1986. He was also awarded an Honourary Doctor of Laws Degree (LL.D) by the Nnamdi Azikiwe University
- Awka, Nigeria for his contributions to the Legal Profession in Nigeria. He recently celebrated his 80th birthday, giving him entrance into the revered Native "Ito-Ogbo" Society of Obosi, comprising the elite of the elders in the community who have attained the landmark age.
Chief Ikeazor has been involved over the years in several celebrated Judicial decisions in the area of Administrative Law, notably Anyebe V The State (1986) 1 S. C. 87 (Covering the power of the Attorney-General to institute or assume responsibility for prosecution in Nigeria); and more recently several Election Petitions involving complex areas of Constitutional Law.
Obosi
Obosi is a town in Anambra State, southeastern Nigeria. A hotly-contested site during the Nigerian Civil War, the town of about 140,000 people is one of the most densely-populated in West Africa.-Obosi and her related towns:...
, Anambra State
Anambra State
Anambra is a state in south-eastern Nigeria. Its name is an anglicized version of the original 'Oma Mbala', the native name of the Anambra River. The Capital and the Seat of Government is Awka. Onitsha and Nnewi are the biggest commercial and industrial cities, respectively. The state's theme is...
to Eugene Keazor
Eugene Keazor
Eugene Akosa Keazor CPM was a Nigerian police officer. From 1959 until Nigeria's independence the next year he held the most senior police rank ever held by an African in the British colony, retiring in 1964...
(a retired Assistant Commissioner of Police in the former Eastern Region of Nigeria and Mrs N.Ikeazor (the first Mid-wife of Igbo origin) and Grandson of Igwe Israel Eloebo Iweka, King of Obosi and the first Igbo Engineer (educated at Imperial College, London) and first indigenous author of Igbo history-1922.
Chimezie Ikeazor was educated at Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha, Anambra State, proceeding subsequently to the University of London, where he obtained a Degree in Theology and subsequently read Law at Kings College London. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn London in 1960.
He returned to Nigeria and immediately proceeded into Law Practice, setting up the Law practice Ikeazor and Iweka in Onitsha, with his cousin Rob Iweka (who was later to become Attorney-General of Anambra State, Nigeria). On dissolution of this practice, he set up Practice on his own account in Lagos, building a strong Human Rights and Administrative Law practice, which was characterised by a substantial amount of pro-bono work for indigent clients facing Criminal prosecution. This was to translate into his agitating for and facilitating the creation of the Nigerian Legal Aid Association, alongside Chief Solomon Lar
Solomon Lar
Chief Solomon Daushep Lar is a Nigerian politician who has held various offices at the National level for over 50 years.He was a member of the first national parliament when Nigeria gained independence in 1960....
and Chief Debo Akande, which evolved into a full creature of Statute via the Legal Aid Decree 1977 (later the Legal Aid Act).
He was appointed a Senior Advocate of Nigeria
Senior Advocate of Nigeria
Senior Advocate of Nigeria is a title that may be conferred on legal practitioners in Nigeria of not less than ten years' standing and who have distinguished themselves in the legal profession...
(SAN)-equivalent to Queens Counsel- in 1986, and was subsequently conferred with the First Class Chieftaincy title of Oboli II of Obosi by the Igwe (King) and Council of Chief's of Obosi and has sat on the Council of Chief's of Obosi, since 1986. He was also awarded an Honourary Doctor of Laws Degree (LL.D) by the Nnamdi Azikiwe University
Nnamdi Azikiwe University
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka is a Federal university in Nigeria. Its main campus is located in the southeastern part of Nigeria in Anambra State's capital, Awka, and a second campus is at Nnewi...
- Awka, Nigeria for his contributions to the Legal Profession in Nigeria. He recently celebrated his 80th birthday, giving him entrance into the revered Native "Ito-Ogbo" Society of Obosi, comprising the elite of the elders in the community who have attained the landmark age.
Chief Ikeazor has been involved over the years in several celebrated Judicial decisions in the area of Administrative Law, notably Anyebe V The State (1986) 1 S. C. 87 (Covering the power of the Attorney-General to institute or assume responsibility for prosecution in Nigeria); and more recently several Election Petitions involving complex areas of Constitutional Law.