Innocent Azubike Umezulike OFR (21 Satumba 1953 - 11 Yuni 2018) wani masanin shari'a ne ɗan Najeriya wanda ya yi aiki sama da shekaru 13 a matsayin babban alkalin jihar Enugu.[1] Ya kasance babban alkalin alkalai mafi dadewa a yankin Kudu maso Gabashin Najeriya, kuma na biyu da ya fi dadewa a matsayin babban alkali a Najeriya.[2]

Innocent Umezulike
Rayuwa
Haihuwa Jihar rivers, 21 Satumba 1953
ƙasa Najeriya
Mutuwa Landan, 26 ga Yuni, 2018
Karatu
Makaranta Jami'ar Lagos
Sana'a
Sana'a mai shari'a da Malami
Employers Jami'ar Ibadan
Nnamdi Azikiwe University (en) Fassara

Ilimi gyara sashe

An haifi Innocent Azubike Umezulike a ranar 21 ga watan Satumba 1953 a jihar Ribas da ke kudancin Najeriya. Ya tafi Makarantar Sakandare ta St. Vincent, inda ya samu takardar shedar Makaranta ta Yammacin Afirka a shekara ta 1971. [3] Daga nan sai ya halarci Jami’ar Legas, inda ya kammala digirinsa na farko a fannin shari’a a shekarar 1976.

Sana'a gyara sashe

Ya shiga gidan talabijin na Najeriya a matsayin mataimaki mai ba da shawara kan harkokin shari’a ga kamfanin. An shigar da shi kungiyar lauyoyin Najeriya a shekarar 1980. [4]

A shekarar 1983 Umezulike ya shiga tsangayar shari'a ta jami'ar Ibadan kafin ya shiga jami'ar Nnamdi Azikiwe inda ya fara a matsayin babban malami a shekarar 1987 kuma ya zama mataimakin farfesa a shekarar 1992.[5] A watan Agusta 1993, an naɗa shi Alkalin Jihar Enugu, kafin ya zama Babban Alkalin Jihar; bayan ya shafe shekaru huɗu yana hidima, an zaɓe shi don yin aiki a Kotun Koli ta Gambia. An kuma naɗa shi shugaban kotun ta Bankuna da suka gaza shiyya ta 6 a Najeriya.[6]

A tsawon rayuwarsa, Umezulike ya rike muƙamai daban-daban a cibiyoyin gwamnati da masu zaman kansu, ciki har da babban mai ba da shawara na musamman ga Atoni Janar na Najeriya kafin a naɗa shi a matsayin alkalin jihar Enugu. Ya kuma rubuta kuma ya buga littattafai sama da 23 akan conveyancing, adverse possession, da dokar ƙasa da kaddarori a tsawon aikinsa.[7] [8]

Umezulike ya rasu ne a wani asibiti a Landan ranar 11 ga watan Yuni 2018. Hon. Justice Innocent Umezulike Foundation, wacce aka kafa bayan rasuwarsa, ta gudanar da taron tunawa da shi a ɗakin taro na Justice IA Umezulike, da ke harabar babbar kotun jihar Enugu a watan Satumbar 2019, na cika shekara ɗaya da rasuwarsa tare da gabatar da littafin Hon. Justice Innocent Umezulike: Tarihin Jagoran Hukunce-hukunce Juzu'i na 1.[9][10]

Girmamawa gyara sashe

Manazarta gyara sashe

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