Bode Rhodes-Vivour

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Bode Rhodes-Vivour
Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
In office
16 September 2010 22 March 2021
Personal details
Born (1951-03-22) 22 March 1951 (age 73)
Lagos State, Nigeria
Political partyNon partisian
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Alma mater

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]

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  8. Sunday Ejike - Abuja. "S/Court dismisses suspended Rivers CJ's appeals". tribune.com.ng. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015.
  9. "Kidnappers of Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour's wife, others pocketed N3m". Vanguard News. 30 May 2013.