Modupe Omo-Eboh
Nigerian lawyer and jurist
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Modupe Omo-Eboh (1922 – 25 February 2002) was a Nigerian lawyer and jurist who was the country's first female judge.
Modupe Omo-Eboh | |
|---|---|
| Born | Modupe Omo-Eboh 1922 |
| Died | 25 February 2002 (aged 79–80) |
| Occupation | A lawyer |
Early life and education
Modupe Akingbehin was born in Lagos State in 1922. Her mother was a granddaughter of the Lagos aristocrat Oshodi Tapa and a great granddaughter of Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther, who was himself a descendant of King Abiodun of Oyo. The nationalist Herbert Macaulay was her maternal great-uncle.[1] She attended Queen's College, Lagos before studying law in London.[2]
Career
Omo-Eboh was called to the English bar at Lincoln's Inn on 14 March 1953.[1][3] She worked as a lawyer, Magistrate, Chief Magistrate, Administrator-General and Public Trustee, Director of Public Prosecutions and Acting Solicitor-General before she became a judge in Benin City on Thursday 13 November 1969,[1] the first woman appointed to the High Courts of Nigeria.[1][4] In 1976, she was appointed to the Lagos judiciary.[5]
Omo-Eboh died on 25 February 2002.[6]
There is a Justice Modupe Omo-Eboh Street in Lagos named after her.[citation needed]