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Oputa was a devoted
Catholic and honored Knight Commander of St. Gregory the great and Knight Commander of St. Sylvester pope, Knight of St. Mulumba. He has published over 40 papers in lectures, conferences and seminar. The Oputa Foundation was created in his honor to promote accountable, transparent
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chieftain married 10 wives and fathered multiple children of which
Chukwudifu was the last. He started his education at the Sacred Heart School, Oguta from 1930 to 1936 and then proceeded to the Christ the king College, Onitsha for his post primary education from 1937 to 1940 where he obtained his
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Oputa came back to
Nigeria where he set up a private law firm and practiced for years, handling multiple high-profile cases including the Oguta Chieftaincy Title dispute in 1959 and the Amayenabo dispute in 1960. He was appointed a justice of the then High Court of Eastern Nigeria in 1966 and
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in 1984 where he served for 5 years before he retired in 1989. His stint at the
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famously referred to as the Oputa panel to investigate human rights during the period of military rule from 1984 to 1999.
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Chukwudifu Oputa was born on 22 September 1916 in Oguta to Chief Oputa Uzukwu and Madam
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which investigated human right abuses by former military juntas and submitted their findings in 2003.
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during the World War II where he obtained a degree in
Economics in 1945. He then moved to
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and respect for the rule of law.. He died on 4 May 2014 due to a minor illness.
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Anaba, Innocent; Ndujihe, Clifford; Abdulah, Abdulwahab (5 May 2014).
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where he graduated with a
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The Human Rights
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Between 1971 and 1976, Oputa served as a judge in the defunct
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