Steven Bankole Rhodes
Ọkaikpe S.B. Rhodes C.B.E. (1890–1951) bụ otu n'ime ndị nna guzobere ma ụlọ ikpe Naijiria yana ndị isi gọọmentị. N'abalị asatọ n'ọnwa Nọvemba afọ 1945, ọ bụ onye ọka ikpe nke abụọ a họpụtara na ụlọ ikpe Naịjirịa, ọnye nke mbụ bụ Justice Jibowu na onye nke atọ bụ Justice Adetokunbo Ademola . Dịka onye ọka ikpe ndi mbụ, O nyere aka nke ukwuu na mmepe nke iwu ikpe Naijiria, site n'ịgbanwe ụkpụrụ nke iwu Bekee, na ọdịnaya ha bara uru, na gburugburu ebe obibi Naịjirịa.
N'afọ 1943, ọ rụrụ ọrụ na kansụl ndị isi nke Gọvanọ Sir Bernard H. Bourdillon; Tupu nke a, ọ dịghị onye Afrịka sonyere kpọmkwem na nhazi iwu na ọkwa ndị isi na Naịjirịa. Ọ rụkwara ọrụ na kansụl omebe iwu na-anọchite anya ngalaba Rivers tupu a họpụta ya na kansụl ndị isi.[1]
Tupu ịbanye na kansụl omebe iwu, a kpọrọ S.B Rhodes ka ọ bụrụ onye ọka iwu na-arụ ọrụ.
N'abalị 21 ọnwa Jenụwarị afọ 1942, a họpụtara Rhodes dịka onye na-akwadoghị nke kansụl omebe iwu nke Naịjirịa, .[2][3] Ọ nọchitere anya ọdịmma dị iche iche na kansụl omebe iwu n'etiti afọ 1933 - 1943 na-anọchite anya ngalaba Rivers.[4][5] Mgbe ụfọdụ, a na-akọwa ya dịka onye Nationalist. Na kansụl, ọ gbara mbọ ka ụlọ ọrụ Naịjirịa niile bụrụ mba.[6] Ọ gbakwara mbọ ka ụlọ ikpe obodo nwekwuo nnwere onwe n'ihe gbasara njide siri ike nke ndị isi, site n'aka ndị ọrụ nchịkwa, iji chịkwaa ụlọ ikpe obodo.[7] O kwusiri ike na ụlọ ikpe obodo bụ akụkụ na-enweghị afọ ojuju nke mgbanwe ikpe nke afọ 1933, ma kpọọ oku ka a tụleghachi Iwu Ụlọikpe Obodo na Nọvemba 1937.
Nsọpụrụ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Na mbụ nke Jenụwarị, afọ 1943, Eze George nke Isii nyere Steven Bankole Rhodes, Esq nsọpụrụ nke ọchịagha nke Order -CBE. Maka ọrụ ọha na eze na Naịjirịa.[8]
Ikpe
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Na 9 Ọktoba afọ 1945, Eze George nke Isii nyere ntụziaka maka nhọpụta nke Steven Bankole Rhodes C.B.E., ka a họpụta ya dịka onye ọka ikpe Puisne nke Ụlọikpe Kasị Elu nke Naịjirịa .[9] Ọ bụ onye ọka iwu Naijiria mbụ e buliri n'ọkwa Ụlọikpe Kasị Elu site na Bar, na-arụ ọrụ ya na 8th nke Nọvemba 1945 .[10]
Ndị ọzọ nọ na Bench gụnyere, Puisne Judges - O. Jibowu ; A.G.b Manson ; H.m.s Brown ; C.T .Abbott ; W. Wells Palmer ; G.G Robinson ; F.W. Johnston ; E.Hallinan ; G.R Gregg.[11]
Otu n'ime ikpe ndị a ma ama na esemokwu e wetara n'ihu ya bụ ikpe Heelas Ugokwe maka ịnwa igbu H.M. Foot.
Heelas Ugokwe, onye ọrụ nzipu ozi nke nọ n'etiti mmegide mba niile megide ndị na-emegide ọchịchị, mere mgbalị igbu onye isi odeakwụkwọ nke Colonial, Hugh Foot. O ji mma jack-knife maa ya n'azụ mana onye ozi napụtara Foot. N'ụlọ ikpe, Ugokwe kpughere na onye ọ na-achọ bụ Gọvanọ Britain, mana n'ihi na ọ pụghị iru ya, o kpebiri igbu Foot. O boro ndị Britain ebubo na ha na-egbu ndị Naijiria nakwa na ọ bụrụ na ndị isi Britain gburu ndị na-egwupụta coal na Naijiria nweere onwe ha, ọ hụghị ihe kpatara na a gaghị ahapụ ya. Nanị ihe ọ na-akwa ụta, ọ gwara Justice S.B. Rhodes bụ na o nweghị ihe ịga nke ọma n'igbu Foot. Onye ọka ikpe nyere Ugowe ndụ kachasị [12]
'N'ime akwụkwọ iwu nke Maazị S. B. Rhodes gụrụ na ụdị ebubo Ugokwe bụ nke ndụ tara ahụhụ' - Nnamdi Azikiwe. Ikpe ahụ kpasuru ndị Zikist iwe nke bịara were Helas dị ka onye mmeri maka nnwere onwe Naịjirịa.
Okpukpe
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Ọkaikpe S. B. Rhodes bụ Chancelo nke Dayọsis na Niger, Anglican Communion. n'oge ahụ, dayọsis ahụ kpuchiri Eastern Nigeria, Mid-West, Kwara na Middle Belt. Louis Mbanefo nọchiri ya.[13]
Ezinụlọ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Hon. Justice S.B.Rhodes lụrụ Mabel Jones, ha nwere nwa nwoke S.B Rhodes III na ụmụ nwanyị abụọ Gloria na Olga Rhodes. Ọ bụ nwanne nna nke Justice R.W.A Rhodes-Vivour na nwanne nna nke Ụlọikpe Kasị Elu Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour.
Ọnwụ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Otu onye ama ama na ngalaba na-ahụ maka mba Lagos, The Hon Justice S.B. Rhodes gwara Tony Enahoro, na njedebe nke ọnwa Mee afọ 1947 na ya S.B. Rhodes, na-atụ anya ọchịchị onwe ya n'oge ndụ ya. Ọ nwụrụ ka nkwadebe mba ahụ maka nnwere onwe na-aga n'ihu.[14]
Hon. Justice S.B. Rhodes C.B.E nwụrụ na Nọvemba 1951 mgbe ọ dị afọ iri isii na otu.[15]
Edemsibịa
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ coleman (1958). Nigeria background to Nationalism. University of California Press, 153. ISBN 9780520020702.
- ↑ "Downing Street , 21st January". London Gazette: 563.
- ↑ Oyewo (2000). Constitutional law and procedure in Nigeria. John Archers, 14.
- ↑ Mojuetan (2000). Ibadan at Fifty, 1948-1998: Nigeria's Premier University in Perspective. Ibadan University Press, 41. ISBN 9789781212697.
- ↑ "A Journal of West African Studies, Volumes 2-9". Odù: 61.
- ↑ Oluwide (1993). Imoudu biography, Part1. West African Economics Consultants and Social Research.
- ↑ Adewoye (1977). The Judicial System in Southern Nigeria, 1854-1954: Law and Justice in a Dependency. Humanities Press, 234. ISBN 9780391007352.
- ↑ (1942) "Central Chancery O f the Orders Of Knighthood". The London Gazette: 20.
- ↑ (1945) "Downing Street". The London Gazette.
- ↑ Adewoye (1977). The Judicial System in Southern Nigeria, 1854-1954: Law and Justice in a Dependency. Humanities Press, 247. ISBN 9780391007352.
- ↑ Great Britain Colonial Office. The Colonial Office List, Comprising Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the Colonial Empire, List of Officers Serving in the Colonies.
- ↑ Azikiwe (1970). My odyssey an autobiography. Praeger.
- ↑ Samson (2002). Evergreen Memories of Sir Louis Mbanefo. Lomanc Books, 162. ISBN 9789788012368.
- ↑ Olu. Imodu Biography, 429.
- ↑ Dixon-Fyle (1999). A Saro Community in the Niger Delta, 1912-1984: The Potts-Johnsons of Port Harcourt and Their Heirs Volume 5 of Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora. University Rochester Press, 166. ISBN 1580460380.