Hon Justice M L Abimbola - IHRC (1)

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C hie f Ju dge s C ham b ers

HighCourt Complex M.K.O. Abiola Way

P M B 5031 Ibadan Oyo State

Ref. No. OYCJ/IHRCI076/VOL.I14

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August, 2015.

For the Attention of:

( I) Dr. Joseph S. Rankin

Coordinatorl Ambassador

IHRC African Region

(2) Tivlumun

Ahure

General Secretary

IHRC African Region

International Human Rights Commission

Geneva

Switzerland.

Sir,

APPOINTMENT AS A GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEMBER EXTRAORDINARY

CONGRESS DELEGATE OF THE AFRICAN REGION ON BEHALF OF IHRC

The letter of zsJune, 2015 on the above appointment refers.

I wish to state my acceptance of the offer of appointment as member of the IHRC which I think

is a platform to offer my contributions to human right questions in Africa in particular the world

in general.

I herewith attach to this acceptance letter, my profile by way of CV and my official photograph.

Thanks.

Yours faithfully,

BOLA


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CURRICULUM VITAE

RE: HON JUSTICE MUNTA LADIPO ABIMBOLA

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Surname:

Abimbola

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Other Names: Munta Ladipo

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ationality Nigerian

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State of Origin Oyo

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Local Govt. Area:

Saki West

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Date of Birth:

14thJanuary, 1958

7 00 Marital Status:

Married with children

800 EDUCATIO AL BACKGROUND

801 Primary School at KDC Primary School

8 02 Isale Taba District Primary School, Saki

8 03 Secondary Modern School, Saki

1963-1966

1966-1967

1968-1970

804 Sheik Megida Quranic School 1971-1972

8 05 Ansar-u-Deen High School, Saki 1972-1976

8 06 Anwar-ul-Islam College, Agege, Lagos 1977-1978

8 07 The Polytechnic, Ibadan 1978-1979 and (1995)

8 08

The University of Ife, Ile-Ife

(now Obafemi AwolowoUniversity) 1979-1982

8 09 The igerian Law School, Victoria Island, Lagos 1982-1983

8 10 Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 1993

9 00 QUALIFICATIONS OBTAINED WITH DATES

901 Primary Six Leaving Certificate


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9.02

Secondary Modern School Certificate

9.03

West African School Certificate

1976

9.04

High School Certificate (HSC) (GCE)

Advance Level and Basic Studies The Polytechnic,

Ibadan

1979

9.05

Bachelor of Laws Degree (L.L.B Hons) Ife)

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9.06

Council of Legal Education (Nig. Law Sch.) BL

1983

9.07 Masters Degree in Law (OAU, Ife) L.L.M

1993

9.08

Post Graduate Degree Diploma in Mass Communication

(PGDMC)

1995

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(A) WORKING EXPERIENCE AS LEGAL

PRACTITIONER

10.01

Ministry of Justice, Minna, Niger State (NYSC)

1983

10.02

Moses A. Akinsola Co. Minna, Niger State

1984

10.03

Alhaji R.A. Sarumi Co. Legal Practitioners

Ibadan, Oyo State

1985 - 1988

10.04 Principal Partner, Ladi Abimbola

Co., Ibadan 1988-1997

10.05

Sworn in as Judge of The High Court of Justice,

Oyo State

1997 to date

10.06

Sworn in as Acting Chief Judge, Oyo State

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Aug. 2014

10.07 Sworn as Chief Judge, Oyo State

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Jan. 2015

(B) WORKING EXPERIENCE AS A JUDGE

10.06 ELECTION PETITION TRIBUNALS SERVED:

10.07 Member, Election Petition Tribunal, Akwa-Ibom State, Uyo 1999

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10 08 Member, Governorship and Legislative Houses Election

Tribunal, Abia State held at Umuahia 1999

10 09

Member, National Assembly/Governorship and Legislative

Houses Election Petition Tribunal, Bayelsa State 2003

10 10 Member, National Assembly/Governorship and Legislative

Houses Election Petition Tribunal, Calabar, Cross-River State 2004

10 11

Member, Governorship Election Tribunal, Asaba Delta State 2006

10 12

Member Election Petition Appeal Tribunal Oyo State

2008

10 13

Chairman, National and State Houses of Assembly Election 2011

10 14

Chairman, National and State Houses of Assembly Election

Petition Makurdi, Benue State

2011

1100 LEGAL COMMITTEES SERVED

1101 Chairman, High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 1988

Review Committee Oyo State.

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August, 2014

1102 Chairman Committee on Practice Directions on Criminal

Procedure Rules 2013

1103 Chairman Law Reporting Committee, for selected

Judgments of Oyo State High Court.

2007 _6

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August,

2014

1104 Chairman Library Committee, Oyo High Court

2013-6

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August,

2014

1105 Member, Southwest Zonal Committee on Unification

Amendments of The Civil Procedure Rules 2007

1106 Chairman Advisory Committee on Speedy Administration

of Criminal Justice

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1107 Chairman, Bar/Bench Forum Oyo State Judiciary 2013

12 00 PAPER PRESENTATIONS AND ARTICLES

12 01 Today is our Yesterday's Tomorrow being paper

Presented to the Graduating Students for AUDHS

Saki in July, 1997.

12 02

Law of the Sea and the Protection of the Marine Environment

Being seminar paper presented to the L.L.M. class in 1993

12 03 The Organisation of African Unity (O.A.U) - 1993 - paper

presented to the LLM class on Law of International Institutions.

12 04 Uniting For Peace Resolution; being seminar paper presented

to L.L.M Class on Charter of the United Nations 1993

12 05 The Nigerian Immigration Service and The Law;

Being lecture delivered at the Nigerian Immigration Senior

Staff Command School, Sokoto. 1998

12 06 Administrative rule making and the concept of Separation

of Powers; being thesis submitted for L.L.M Degree in OAU,

Ile-Ife, 1993

12 07 Modern Trend in Defamation Cases being Long Essay for the

PGDMC.

12 08 Withdrawal of a case from court by prosecution being

seminar paper presented at the Magistrates Conference in

Oyo State, Ibadan, in 2001.

12 09 The Law students and the Chambers; being paper presented

on 21

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of July 2006 at the Olabisi Onabanjo University,

Ago-Iwoye, in honour of Justice M. O. Onalaja JCA Rtd.

12 10 Understanding The New Civil Procedure Rules of The High

Court of Oyo State being a workshop paper presented by

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Hon. Justice M.L. Abimbola on Tuesday at a workshop on the

New State High Court (Civil Procedure rules) 2008 for Members

and Staff of the Oyo State House of Assembly on the 22

nd

December,

2009 at Plaza De Haruna Oyo.

12 11 The relevance of the Justice of the Peace (JP)in Criminal Administration

of Justice in Oyo State being paper presented on behalf of Justice,

Development and Peace Commission to Justices of the Peace at

University of Ibadan in October 2012.

12 12

The relevance of Law to the Built Environment Professions in Nigeria

being paper presented by Hon. Justice M.L. Abimbola on 30

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January,

2014 at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Faculty of Environmental

Design and Management. Guest Lecture Series Award.

13 00 UNPUBLISHED WORKS

13 01 Essentials on Land Litigation in Nigeria

13 02 Nothing but the truth: The Law of Proofs.

13 03 Effusions In Transquility - Collection of unpublished poems.

13 04 Objection My Lord

13 05 Golden Rules of Cross-Examination

13 06 Issues in Disputing Election Returns

14 00 BOOK PUBLISHED

14 01 Practice Relating to Pretrial Conference

15 00 CONTRIBUTIONS IN PUBLICATIONS

15 01 Comment on the decision in Universal Trust Bank PIc. V s. Bush

Intercontinental Ltd.- decided on i January, 2003 by Arasi-Judge

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(Rtd.) At page 96 of The book Signpost of Justice: Views And

Comments on Selected Rulings and Judgements of Hon. Justice Arasi.

15 02 Paramounty of Judges Discretion: Case Study of Dazz Int. Nig. Ltd. vs.

Chief J. A. Audu at pg. 377 in the book P.O. Aderemi Seen Through

The Courts: Book in Honour of the Hon. Justice P.O. Aderemi, CON

JSC Rtd.

16 00 COMMENDATIONS AWARDS

16 01 Letter of commendation sent to the Chief Judge of the High Court,

Oyo State by the Commandant Nigerian Immigration Service Senior

Staff Command School on the Quality of paper presented in one of the

Senior Officers regular course at Sokoto 1998.

16 02 Several Commendations. letter from Law Societies, Learned Members

of the Legal Professisons on papers delivered at different fores ..

16 03 Honourary Award by Faculty of Law University of Olabisi

Onabanjo University 2008

16 04 Guest Lecture Series Award by Faculty of Environmental

Design and Management of Obafemi Awolowo University,

Ile-Ife, Osun State 2014.

17 00 SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES ATTENDED

17 01 Attended several Judges Conference in Abuja since 1998.

17 02 Attended several Workshops and Refresher Courses and Seminars

since 1998.

17 03 Attended an International Law Conference on Economic Crimes in

Lisbon Portugal in June 2010.

17 04 Attended an International Conference on Transborder Crimes in

Washington D.C. United States of America in November, 2012.


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1705 Attended an International Law Conference on Economic Crimes in Jesus

College Cambridge, United Kingdom in 2014.

1706 Attended an Inter national conference on Transborder Crimes in Edinburg-

Scotland 21

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June 2015.

18 00 GENERAL INTERESTS AND HOBBIES

Reading, Writing, playing table tennis and Meditation.

Dated .... ~ ..... day of ....

A r y . ~ .

2015.

HON JUSTICE

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