Mudiaga Odje, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Mudiaga Odje

Date of Birth: 25-Sep-1923

Date of Death: 09-Dec-2005

Profession: lawyer

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Mudiaga Odje (September 25, 1923 – December 9, 2005) Born in Evwreni, Delta State Nigeria.
Dr.
Odje was a Legal Luminary and one of the few attorneys to have shaped both the constitutional and legal systems of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
He was the lead Counsel in the case wherein the first impeachment of a sitting Governor in Nigerian legal history was successfully upheld.
Dr.
Odje was one of the only and foremost lawyers to have successfully persuaded the Supreme Court of Nigeria to overrule itself on a previous decision and accept his contention as the correct position of the Law.