Bode Rhodes-Vivour

Bode Rhodes-Vivour CFR (born 22 March 1951) is a Nigerian jurist and Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.[1][2]

Bode Rhodes-Vivour
Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
Assumed office
16 September 2010
Personal details
Born (1951-03-22) 22 March 1951
Lagos State, Nigeria
Political partyNon partisian

Early life

Justice Rhodes-vivour was born on March 22, 1951 in Lagos Island, a city of Lagos State western Nigeria.[3] He obtained a bachelor's degree in Law from the University of Lagos in 1974 and was Called to the Bar in 1975 after graduating from the Nigerian Law School.[4] In 1983, he received a certificate in Legislative Drafting from the University of Nairobi under the Commonwealth Programme.[5]

Law career

In 1975, he joined the Lagos State Judiciary as State Counsel and became Director of Public Prosecutions in 1989. He was appointed a High Court Judge in 1994 and in 2005 appointed to the Nigerian courts of appeal as Justice.

In August 2010, he was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria along with Justice Suleiman Galadima.[6][7][8]

Personal life

He is married to Adedoyin Rhodes-Vivour.[9]

See also
  • List of Justice of the Nigerian courts of appeals

References
  1. "Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour Archives - The Nation". The Nation. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
  2. "Petition over the involvement of Hon. Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour in Bode George & ORS VS FRN". Modern Ghana.
  3. "NJC save us from justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, Bode George must remain in prison". Sahara Reporters.
  4. "Rhodes-Vivour: 100 policemen comb kidnappers' hideouts". The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18.
  5. Our Correspondent. "New Telegraph – Rhodes-Vivour's son laments 'new wigs' poor remuneration". newtelegraphonline.com. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18.
  6. "ELEVATION TO SUPREME COURT: FASHOLA REITERATES CONFIDENCE IN JUSTICES RHODES-VIVOUR, KEKERE-EKUN". Encomium Magazine.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-04-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. Sunday Ejike - Abuja. "S/Court dismisses suspended Rivers CJ's appeals". tribune.com.ng. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18.
  9. "Kidnappers of Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour's wife, others pocketed N3m". Vanguard News.


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