Justice Oputa Was A Great Jurist –-Justice Amina Augie. – TheNigerialawyer

A justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Amina Augie, has
described the late Justice Chukwudifu Oputa as a great judge.

Speaking on Wednesday during the inauguration of the Justice
Oputa State High Court Complex in Owerri, the Imo State capital,
Augie said Oputa during his reign was able to interpret the law and
put in into clear words.

“When you walk in and also see the name of the complex,
Honourable Justice Oputa complex, he is one of the greatest jurists
that we have.

“Till today, if I am right in any judgment, I still rely on him
with any judgement I write because he really was a great
jurist.

“He has the words, he was able to capture the law. He was able
to explain it, he was able to put it into clear words,” she stated
amid applaud from the gathering.

According to Justice Augie, being a judge is indeed a herculean
task owing to the demands of the profession.

She explained that judges would attest to her claim, stressing
that “as you are eating, as you are sleeping, whatever you are
doing you are writing the judgement in your head. You are looking
at the law, you are applying it to the fact and you are trying to
find a way to do what is just.”

While admonishing judges to strive for integrity, she asked her
colleagues to learn from the virtues of the late Justice Oputa by
shunning bribes while delivering judgements.

The Oputa Complex was built by the administration of the
outgoing Governor Rochas Okorocha in honour of the renowned Justice
Oputa who before his retirement in 1989 was a Supreme Court Judge
in 1984.

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