Clara Bata Ogunbiyi

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Hon. Clara Bata Ogunbiyi (CFR) [RTD JSC]
Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
In office
July 2012 –27 February 2018
Personal details
Born (1948-02-27) 27 February 1948 (age 75)
Borno State, Nigeria
Political partyNon partisian

Clara Bata Ogunbiyi CFR (born 27 February 1948) is a Nigerian jurist and former Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. [1]

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Early life

Justice Clara was born on February 27, 1948, at Lassa, a town in Borno State, Northeastern Nigeria. [2] She obtained a diploma certificate in Law from Ahmadu Bello University in June 1971 before she later enrolled for a bachelor's degree in Law from the same university in June 1975 and was Call to the bar, the Nigerian bar in 1976, the same year she graduated from the Nigerian Law School. [3] She completed the compulsory one year Youth Service in June 1977. [4] She proceeded to the University of Hull where she received a master's degree in Criminology in 1983 and a Post Graduate Diploma certificate in Education from the University of Maiduguri. [5]

Law career

She began her Law career in October 1971 as Assistant Registrar at the High Court of Justice Maiduguri where she rose to the position of state Counsel in 1977 and August 1979, she became a Senior State Counsel, a position she held until her appointment as Deputy Director of Public Prosecution. In December 1984, she became the Director of Civil Litigation, a position she held until she was appointed as Judge of the High Court of Borno State. [6] In October 2002, she was appointed to the bench of the Nigerian courts of appeal as Justice and on 2012, she was appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court of Nigeria as justice, along with Justice Musa Datijo Muhammad. [7]


Her career in the legal profession spans several years as she rose through the ranks to become the Deputy Director of Public Prosecution, and Director of Civil Litigation in the Borno State Ministry of Justice, before her appointment to the bench as a Judge of the Borno State High Court of Justice, the first woman to have accomplished that feat in the North Eastern part of Nigeria.

Coming from an area where females were educationally disadvantaged, she developed a resolve that propelled her to the peak of her professional calling as an eminent jurist reputed for hard work, dedication to duty, honesty, integrity, accountability and incorruptibility. These being some of the reasons why she was elevated to the Court of final jurisdiction in Nigeria.

Hon. Justice Clara B. Ogunbiyi, is also Chair Person of the Board of Trustees Peniel Outreach Ministry; a member Board of Trustees, Chapel of Grace, University of Maiduguri and actively running a family foundation known as, Ezekiel and Clara Foundation which promotes the cause of widows, orphans the less privileged in the Church and the society in general.

A devout Christian who leaves no one in doubt of her commitment to her faith, Hon. Justice Ogunbiyi, has attended numerous conferences, seminars and workshops, and presented papers at both national and international fora. She is also a recipient of several professional and general awards.


Membership

National Honours=Commander of the Federal Republic CFR 2022

Personal life

She is married to Dr (Chief) Bamigboye Ezekiel Ogunbiyi.

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  2. ↑ Yejide Gbenga-Ogundare-Lagos. "Osupa village land: Supreme Court overrules Lagos on ownership". tribune.com.ng. Retrieved 2 May 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Hon. Justice Clara Bata Ogunbiyi". court of appeal Nigeria. Retrieved 2 May 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "WorldState News:: Mobile version!". worldstagegroup.com. Archived from the original on 17 February 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "The Supreme Court And Omisore's StrategiesCourt | P.M. NEWS Nigeria". pmnewsnigeria.com. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Supreme Court Justice, Clara Ogunbiyi, tried to influence my ruling, says ex-judge". The ScoopNG. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Justice Aloma Mukhtar: Will a woman make a difference?". Vanguard News. Retrieved 2 May 2015.


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