JUSTICE CHUKWUDIFU AKUNNE OPUTA- Sept 22nd 1924– May 4th 2014: What Notable Nigerians said about him.
” The years Hon. Justice C.A Oputa- and myself spent together in the Supreme Court are indeed mermorable”- Justice Mohammed L. Uwais GCON, Former Chief Justice of Nigeria.
” Justice Oputa.. Has made each imprint indelible; he has made each mark set on marble cast. He made them effortlessly without throwing his weight around. He made them with effectiveness, yet without what we now describe as a regular mode of behaviour, namely corruption”- Prof. Uche Uko Uche. A renowned Professor of Law.
” Justice Oputa is simply wonderful, he understands law in the most profound manner. He propagates law in the most legendary manner.. I know him as Nigeria’s Lord Denning; the examplary Lord Denning, that is Justice Oputa”- Late Chief Gani Fawehinmi SAN, Legal Practitioner & Human Rights Activist.
” Justice Oputa is a highly intellectual person. He is in my view forthright, and has delivered some of the best judgements in the history of this Country’s Judiciary”
Major Gen. Ike Nkwachukwu (Rtd)
Senator and Former Minister.
” Justice Oputa represents a particular value. Judges are of two types; there are Judges who write judgement on the cases before them and there are Judges who write judgements for other Judges. Oputa belongs to the second category. He is the judges judge”
Late Dr Pius Okigbo
Eminent Economist & former Economic adviser to the FGN
Source Book *Oputa Judicial Footprints* by George Oputa Esq
