Inumidun Akande

Inumidun Akande
Chief Judge of Lagos State
In office
August 8, 2009 – June 10, 2012
Succeeded by Ayotunde Phillips
Personal details
Born (1947-06-10)10 June 1947

Inumidun Akande (born June 10, 1947) is a Nigerian Jurist and former Chief Judge of Lagos State.[1][2]

Early life

She attended Holy Trinity Primary School at Ebute Ero, a metropolitan city of Lagos State southwestern Nigeria before she proceeded to Ijebu Ode Grammar School, Ogun State, Nigeria, where she obtained the West Africa School Certificate in 1966.[3] She received a bachelor's degree in Law from the University of Lagos in 1970. She graduated from the Nigerian Law School in 1971 and was Call to the bar on June 16, 1971.[4]

Law career

She joined the Lagos State Judiciary in the early 1970s and served at the Ministry of Justice as Director of Legislative Drafting, before she got a transfer to the National Assembly, Lagos as Assistant Chief Legal Draftsman in 1983.[5] She was appointed to the Lagos bench on August 8, 1989.[6] She was appointed Chief Judge of Lagos State on September 8, 2009, two years after Babatunde Fashola, the Lagos State Governor assumed office.[7] Inumidun retired from service on June 10, 2012 at the age of 65 and was succeeded by Ayotunde Phillips, the 14th Chief Judge of Lagos State.[8] She is one of the seven Judges probe for Corruption on November 2013 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Justice Inumidun Akande - P.M. NEWS Nigeria". pmnewsnigeria.com. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Seven Nigerian Judges Targets Of EFCC Corruption Probe". Sahara Reporters. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/mobile/society/50216-‘she-came,-she-saw,-she-conquered’.html
  4. ↑ "Hon. Justice Inumidun Akande". nigeriannotables.com. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Judicial Reporter. "New Chief Judge for Lagos". judicialreporter.org. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Nigerian Women of Distinction, Honour and Exemplary Presidential Qualities". google.co.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Akande bows out as Lagos Chief Judge". The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Justice Akande retires as Chief Judge of Lagos State - www.channelstv.com". Channels Television. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "EFCC Probes Seven Judges for Corruption, Articles - THISDAY LIVE". thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 26 April 2015.


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