Kayode Eso

Kayode Eso
Born (1925-09-18)18 September 1925
Ilesa, Osun State, Nigeria
Nationality Nigerian
Ethnicity Yoruba
Citizenship Nigerian
Occupation
  • lawyer
  • solicitor
  • judge
Years active 1953 - 2014
Notable work Awolowo v. Shagari case
Awards
CON
CFR

Chief Kayode Eso, CON, CFR (born September 18, 1925 - November 16, 2012) was a Nigerian prominent Jurist and former Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.[1][2][3]

Early life

Justice Kayode Eso was born on September 18, 1925 at Ilesa, a city in Osun State, southwestern Nigeria.[4] He attended Trinity College, Dublin where he obtained a bachelor's and master's degrees in Law with a specialization in Legal science in 1953 and 1956 respectively.[5]

Law career

On March 1965, he became the acting Judge of the High Court of Western Nigeria and few years later, he was appointed to the bench of the Court of Appeal Western Nigeria as Justice.[6] On January 1978, he was appointed, Chief Judge of the Oyo State Judiciary, a position he held till September 1990, when he was appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.[7] Professor Yemi Akinseye George, SAN and the late professor J. F. Ade Ajayi book titled The Making of A Judge narrates the chronological episodes in contemporary history of Kayode Eso's judicial activism.[8][9][10][11]

He is one of the 8 panels of judges at the Supreme Court of Nigeria that presided over the Awolowo v. Shagari case in which Chief Obafemi Awolowo's petition challenged the declaration of Shehu Shagari as the president elect of the August 11, 1979 presidential election.[12][13] The court ruled that " Sheu Shagari won two-third of the total votes cast, having polled a total votes of 16.8 millions with 11.9 millions votes ahead of Obafemi Awolowo who polled a total votes of 4.9 millions.[14]

Membership

References

  1. ↑ "Glowing Tributes as Justice Kayode Eso Dies at 87, Articles - THISDAY LIVE". thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Jide Osuntokun. "Justice Kayode Eso: A tribute". The Nation. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Kayode Eso: His Passion Was Justice!, Articles - THISDAY LIVE". thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "An Epitaph for Justice Kayode Eso, Articles - THISDAY LIVE". thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Eminent jurist, Justice Kayode Eso, dies at 87". The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Eminent Jurist Kayode Eso Is Dead". Sahara Reporters. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Justice Kayode Eso's death shocks family - Vanguard News". Vanguard News. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Justice Kayode Eso Dies". African Spotlight. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "African Legal Theory and Contemporary Problems". google.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Converting Colonialism". google.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Kayode Eso". google.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "Awolowo vs. Shagari: The Day The Law Died In Nigeria By Seyi Olu Awofeso". Sahara Reporters. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "Nigeria". google.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  14. ↑ "THE DOCTRINE OF SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE: A doctrine of substantial folly". Vanguard News. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
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