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lawyer INFORMATION:
Address: Rivers State Judiciary Rivers State
- Work Position: CHIEF REGISTRAR OF RIVERS STATE
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biogrraphy & introduce
David was born to the Ihua-Maduenyi family of Ahoada Town in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State.
He attended the Government Primary School, Ahoada Town. His secondary school was at the Igbuduya Community Secondary School, Okogbe, Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State. He graduated from the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile –Ife, Osun State, where he obtained the Bachelors of Law degree with honours.
At the University he served in various Committees, including the Secretary of the Joint Council-Senate Committee for the Review of the 1963 University Act, and the Committee on the Public Private Partnership for Hostel Development, and made novel and unprecedented contributions, which made the University Governing Council to obtain the FIAT of the Honourable Attorney-General of the Federation, empowering him to defend and prosecute cases for and on behalf of the University of Ibadan (the first of its kind for tertiary institutions in Nigeria). In 2005, he was employed as a State Counsel with the Rivers State Ministry of Justice, and he rose to the position of Principal State Counsel. In 2009 he was appointed as Senior Magistrate Grade 11 with the Rivers State Magistracy. He rose to Senior Magistrate Grade 1, then Chief Magistrate Grade 11, and now a Chief Magistrate Grade 1.
He had served as the Chairman of the Rivers State Local Government Election Petition Tribunal; Vice Chairman of the Magistrates’ Association of Nigeria (MAN), Rivers State Branch; Member, Rivers State Plea Bargain/Sentencing Committee; and He is a Member of the Editorial Board Faculty of Law University of Port Harcourt;
At the Bar, he was a very active member of the Bar and became the acting Secretary, Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Ahoada Branch. While at the Ministry of Justice he was involved in the prosecution and defence of high profile cases. And he won several awards of excellence, for diligent performance of duties.
At the Magistracy he has served in several magisterial districts, and known to undertake cases “Returned back” by others. He has written several scholarly articles on very topical and novel issues of law. Several of which are already published online. They include- UNDERSTANDING THE NON-CUSTODIAL SENTENCING PROVISIONS IN NIGERIAN LAW;
THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE LAW: THE ROLE OF THE MAGISTRATES; LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL AUTONOMY: MATTERS ARISING; AWAITING TRIAL PERSONS AND THE LAW IN NIGERIA; CRIME, CRIMINALS AND THE LAW IN NIGERIA.
He is currently the Acting Chief Registrar of the High Court of Rivers State.
He is married and blessed with children
His sterling quality distinguished him as an ideal youth leader and he won a prize as one of the best corps members of the 1982/1983 set. His Lordship was in private legal practice and a junior partner in the now defunct law firm of Iche N. Ndu & Co., Orogbum Chambers at No. 2 Aggrey Road, Port Harcourt from August 1983 – May 1985. He was appointed and sworn in as a Magistrate in the Rivers State Judiciary on 10th May, 1985. By 1992, he had risen to the position of Chief Magistrate Grade 1, having at various periods served in Ahoada, Abua, Omoku, Elimgbu and Bonny/Okrika Magisterial Districts of the Rivers State Judiciary.
His Lordship was appointed the Acting Chief Registrar of the High Court of Rivers State on 18th May, 1998 (in fact, of the Rivers State Judiciary since there was no Customary Court of Appeal at that time). He was confirmed substantive Chief Registrar with effect from 1st of January, 1999. He was appointed and sworn in as a Judge of the High Court of Rivers State on the 23rd of April, 2002. His Lordship has served in Port Harcourt, Okrika and Okehi Judicial Divisions. He was the pioneer Judge of the Okehi Judicial Division. His Lordship was sworn in as the Chief Judge of Rivers State on 26th of May, 2021 making him the 9th Chief Judge in the History of Rivers State Judiciary. He is now the Chairman, Rivers State Judiciary Service Commission by virtue of his position as the Chief Judge of Rivers State.
His Lordship has held several positions of responsibility within the Judiciary, amongst which are: Chairman, Magistrates’ Association of Nigeria, Rivers State Chapter for two terms (1992-1998), Chairman of Panel of three Judges that investigated allegations of gross misconduct against the Vice Chairman of Obio/Akpor Local Government Council in 2006; Chairman of a 10-Man Committee that proposed and midwifed in 2006 the current Magistrates’ Courts of Rivers State (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2007; Member, Governorship and Legislative Houses Election Tribunal, 2007, Kano State; Chairman, Rivers State Local Government Election Appeals Tribunal, 2008; Chairman, Rivers State Judicial Commission of Inquiry into “The Violent Invasion and Attack on the Rivers State Judiciary and Destruction of Public Properties, which occurred at the Judiciary Complex, Port Harcourt on May 11, 2018.” Chairman, Local Government Election Appeals Tribunal, 2018.
His Lordship has attended several conferences and workshops/seminars locally and internationally, which include: 2003, 2007 and 2017 All Nigeria Judges’ Conference in Abuja; “The 29th International Symposium on Economic Crimes” held at Jesus College, Cambridge University, UK in 2011; Workshop/Study Visit on “Criminal Justice Reforms” held in London, UK in August, 2016; Workshops organized by the EFCC in conjunction with National Judicial Institute (NJI) for Justices, Judges and Officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), trying and prosecuting corruption cases held in Abuja; Workshops organized by the Institute of Chartered Arbitrators (UK), Nigerian branch and, Workshops organized by International Dispute Resolution Institute (IDRI) in Port Harcourt. His Lordship is an Associate member of both Institutes. His Lordship is a Christian of the Anglican faith. He is married and blessed with children. His hobbies include watching football, travelling and reading the biography of great men and women.