Political party Non partisian | Name Kudirat Olatokunbo | |
Born 27 February 1948
Lagos State, Nigeria ( 1948-02-27 ) | ||
Kudirat Motonmori Olatokunbo popularly known as Kekere Ekun (born February 27, 1948) is a Nigerian jurist and Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
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Education
Justice Kekere Ekun was born on February 27, 1948 in Lagos State, southwestern Nigeria. In 1980, she received a bachelor's degree in Law from the University of Lagos and was Call to the bar, the Nigeria bar on July 10, 1981 having graduated from the Nigerian Law School before she proceeded to the London School of Economics where she received a master's degree in Law on November 1983.
Law career
Justice Kudirat joined the Lagos State Judiciary as Senior Magistrate II and rose to the position of the State High Court Judge. She served as Chairman of Robbery and Firearms Tribunal, Zone II, Ikeja between November 1996 to May 1999. She was appointed to the bench of the Nigerian courts of appeal in 2004 before her appointment as Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in July 2013.