George Baptist Ayodola Coker
 George Baptist Ayodola Coker | |||
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| Rayuwa | |||
| Haihuwa | Lagos, 27 ga Janairu, 1917 | ||
| ƙasa | Najeriya | ||
| Mutuwa | 7 ga Faburairu, 1991 | ||
| Karatu | |||
| Makaranta |
Methodist Boys' High School (en)  | ||
| Matakin karatu |
law degree (en) Doctor of Philosophy (en) | ||
| Sana'a | |||
| Sana'a | Lauya | ||
Cif George Baptist Ayodola Coker (27 Janairu 1917 - 7 Fabrairu 1991) ya kasance Alkalin Kotun Koli ta Najeriya, daga shekarun 1964 zuwa 1975. Ya kasance marubucin littattafai guda biyu: Dukiyar Iyali tsakanin Yarabawa, da jerin laccoci, 'Yanci da Adalci.
Ya kasance Olori Eyo na Maskin Al'adu na Adimu Eyo a tsarin mulkin Najeriya.
Rayuwa[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
An haifi Saro, Coker a Legas a matsayin ɗan George Baptist Coker. Ya yi karatu a makarantar firamare ta Olowogbowo Wesleyan da ke Legas daga shekarun 1924 zuwa 1928 sannan ya halarci makarantar Methodist Boys High School a Legas daga shekarun 1929 zuwa 1931, ya kammala karatunsa na sakandare a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa Kwalejin Igbobi. Bayan haka, ya yi aiki na ɗan lokaci a matsayin ma'aikacin gwamnati, daga baya kuma ya zama malami. Daga baya ya wuce Landan don samun digiri na lauya kuma an kira shi Bar a shekarar 1947. Ya sami Ph.D. a shekarar 1955. Coker ya kasance yana yin shari'a mai riba a Legas kafin a naɗa shi benci na babbar kotun Legas a shekarar 1958.
A shekarar 1962, lokacin da ake fama da rikicin siyasa a yankin yammacin Najeriya, Moses Majekodunmi, ɗaya tilo mai kula da yankin ne ya naɗa Coker domin ya jagoranci kwamitin bincike kan harkokin wasu kamfanoni. Wasu dai na kallon hukumar a matsayin wani makami na ɓata sunan bangaren Awolowo na kungiyar Action Group. [1] Sai dai a rahoton karshe na binciken, ta gano Awolowo da laifin karkatar da kuɗaɗen yankin domin ɗaukar nauyin kungiyar Action Group amma ta wanke Akintola, wanda hakan ya sa aka maido da shi a matsayin Firimiyan yankin. [2] Ya zama alkalin kotun kolin Najeriya a shekarar 1964. A kotun koli, Coker ya yi fice saboda hukunce-hukuncen da ya yanke na dakatar da aiwatar da shari'ar. Manyan shari'o'i guda biyu na yanayin sune Vaswani da Savalakh da Utilgas Nigerian And Overseas Gas Co. Ltd.v. Pan African Bank Ltd. [3]
Coker ya kasance memba na Cocin Methodist a Tinubu, Legas.
Manazarta[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
- ↑ Diamond, L. J. (1988). Class, ethnicity, and democracy in Nigeria: The failure of the First Republic. Syracuse, N.Y: Syracuse University Press. P. 104
- ↑ Falola, T., & Genova, A. (2009). Historical dictionary of Nigeria. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. P.82
- ↑ Ogundere, J. D. (1994). The Nigerian judge and his court. Ibadan, University Press. P. 93