{"id":26192,"date":"2014-05-05T21:41:10","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T20:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=26192"},"modified":"2014-05-06T06:08:07","modified_gmt":"2014-05-06T05:08:07","slug":"oputa-an-iroko-has-fallen-says-atiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/oputa-an-iroko-has-fallen-says-atiku\/","title":{"rendered":"Oputa: An iroko has fallen says Atiku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0cm  0cm  10pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Former Vice President and chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) Atiku Abubakar has described the late retired Supreme Court Justice, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa as an extraordinary jurist with extraordinary pedigree.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm  0cm  10pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In a tribute to Oputa issued by his media office in Abuja yesterday, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar said the death of the retired Supreme Court Justice was like a huge branch being cut off from the nation&#8217;s judicial <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;\">iroko<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> tree.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm  0cm  10pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to him, apart from his extraordinary courage, the late Oputa was also a man of profound knowledge on account of which he was famously branded the &#8220;Socrates of the Supreme Court.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm  0cm  10pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He explained that for Oputa to earn this appellation from colleagues was a demonstration of his erudition and colossal stature.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm  0cm  10pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Atiku recalled that with no less than 358 judgements and rulings under his belt, the late Oputa was a giant of law not only in Nigeria, but also the rest of Africa.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm  0cm  10pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The former Vice President prayed for the repose of the late Oputa and condoled with his family on this irreparable loss.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm  0cm  10pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Signed:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm  0cm  10pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Atiku Media Office<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm  0cm  10pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">61 Ebitu Ukiwe Street<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Vice President and chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) Atiku Abubakar has described the late retired Supreme Court Justice, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa as an extraordinary jurist with extraordinary pedigree.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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