₦airaland Forum

The swearing-in ceremony is happening now in the Rivers State Government House in Port Harcourt.

The Hon. Justice Daisy Wotube Okocha was born on the 15th day of January 1951 to Chief Jonathan Wobasi Okocha, Ryton Police College London trained Police Officer and a retired Deputy Commissioner of Police in the then Eastern Region of Nigeria and his wife Mrs. Helen Nonyelum Okocha (a Caterer).

She is from the Ikwerre Nationality of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State of Nigeria. A 1978 Law graduate with honours degree of the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria. She was called to the Nigerian Bar on 29th June 1979. She holds a Post Graduate Diploma (Theology) She joined the Rivers State Judiciary on 15th April 1981 as a Magistrate Grade one and was elevated ten (10) years after in December 1991 to a Judge of the High Court of Rivers State and to date is a currently serving Judge in the Port Harcourt Judicial Division. She is the Presiding Judge High Court one Port Harcourt. She is a mother of two, a son aged 24 years and a daughter aged 16 years.
The Hon. Justice Daisy Wotube Okocha is an Associate Life Member of the Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Association, current member and past Hon. Treasurer of the National Association of Women Judges Nigeria (NAWJN). Also a current member of the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ). She is a past Executive member and Current Patron of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Rivers State Zone.

Some notable positions held include: Senior Magistrate in charge Juvenile Court for 3 years, Past Secretary, Past Chairman Magistrates Association of Nigeria, Past National Vice President Magistrates Association of Nigeria. She is an Ambassador of Peace (UPF) also Ambassador of Good-will for Israel. Conferences attended include: All Nigeria Judges Conferences, ADR Conferences in Nigeria and London, UNODC and EFCC Workshop and National Seminar on Banking and Allied Matters.

Under extra curricula activities, she was former Lady Captain Port Harcourt Golf Club. She is a Bronze Medalist in the National Sports Festival, she is a First Prize Certificate holder in Solo Recitation in the 1970 Festival of Arts and Culture in the poem “Patriotism”.

lalasticlala:
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buygala:
With this trend of the executive appointing Chief judicial officers, how can we honestly expect the judiciary to be independent and impartial? .....


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