Justice Yakubu Itua (October 9, 1941 – August 8, 2006) was a Nigerian
jurist
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and formal member of the federal House of Representatives in 1983. He was appointed a judge in the
Edo state
Edo State, Edo, officially known as Edo State, is a States of Nigeria, state in the South South, South-South Geopolitical zones of Nigeria, geopolitical zone of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. As of 2024, the state was ranked as the List of Ni ...
judiciary
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in 1999, by the then military governor of Edo state, Navy Captain
Anthony Onyearugbulem with recommendation by the National Judiciary commission, married to his beautiful wife miss Sanni yinka eucharia at age 46, died at age 65.he was the pioneer of constitutional and legal law right to less privilege persons across the nation.
Early life and education
Itua was born in Ewu a small town in
Esan Central
Esan Central Local Government Area is a Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. Its administrative headquarters is located in the town of Irrua.
The postal code of the area is 310.
It has an area of 253 km2 and a population density of ...
local government area of present-day Edo state. He attended St Patric's college Asaba Delta state.
for his secondary school education. He briefly worked with the Nigerian Institute Of Oil Palm Research Benin.
Career
Itua later joined the
Nigeria Customs Service
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is an agency of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which operates as an independent customs service under the supervisory oversight of the Nigerian Ministry of Finance, responsible for the collection of customs ...
, but was later dismissed. Justice Itua enrolled and got admission into the
university of Lagos
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) is a Public university, public research university located in Lagos, Nigeria, which was founded in 1962. UNILAG is one of the education in Nigeria#First generation universities, first generation universities in ...
in
1968 and graduated. Itua was called to the bar and established his own law firm Itua and co at no 47 new lagos road Benin City. Itua went into-active politics and contested for a seat of the federal house of representative in which he won in 1983. His membership was short lived after the military government under
Muhammadu Buhari
Muhammadu Buhari (born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. A retired Nigerian army major general, he was the military head of state of Nigeria from 31 December 1983 to 27 Augu ...
took over power and suspended the Nigeria constitution.
Itua returned to his legal profession, where he established his own law firm Y Itua and co. He was legal adviser to various companies and organisations
in Edo state and other parts of Nigeria.
Death
Itua died on 8 August 2006 of
cardiac arrest
Cardiac arrest (also known as sudden cardiac arrest CA is when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating. When the heart stops beating, blood cannot properly Circulatory system, circulate around the body and the blood flow to the ...
at the
University of Benin teaching hospital.
1941 births
2006 deaths
Nigerian jurists
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