| 词条 | Darnley Alexander |
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| name = Darnley Alexander | image = | image_size = | caption = | office1 = Chief Justice of Nigeria | term_start1 = 1975 | term_end1 =1979 | office2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | office3 = | term_start3 = | term_end3 = | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1920|01|28}} | birth_place = Saint Lucia | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1989|2|10|1920|01|28}} | death_place = | party =Non partisan }} Sir Darnley Alexander, SAN CFR, GCFR (28 January 1920 – 10 February 1989[1]) was a Nigerian Jurist and former Chief Justice of Nigeria.[2][3] Alexander was born in Castries, St Lucia on 28 January 1920. He attended University of London and obtained a Bachelor of Law degree in 1942. He served as a crown counsel and legal draftsman in Jamaica and as a magistrate in Turks and Caicos Islands. He came to Nigeria in 1957 on the invitation of the premier of the Western Region, Obafemi Awolowo who had appealed to the Colonial Office in London to help source a legal draftsman;[4] Alexander then served the region in various capacities. He was Legal Draftsman, Western Region, Nigeria from 1957-1969 and was acting Director of Public Prosecutions in 1958. In 1960, he was appointed the Solicitor General and Permanent Secretary of the regional Ministry of Justice and in 1963, he was made Queen's Counsel. In 1964, he was appointed a judge in the Lagos High Court and later in 1969, he was appointed Chief Justice of the South Eastern State now Cross River and Akwa Ibom states. He was appointed Chief Justice in 1975 over senior members of the Court. As a judge, he was appointed by Dennis Osadebay to serve as the commissioner of Enquiry into the Owegbe secret cult, he was also chairman of the Tribunal of Inquiry into Examination Leakages.[5] After his retirement, he became the chairman of Nigeria Law Reform Commission. References1. ^[https://www.google.com/search?biw=1600&bih=794&tbm=bks&ei=En9PW8LZCIOdsgGNsZyIAg&q=Darnley+Alexander+February+10%2C+1989&oq=Darnley+Alexander+February+10%2C+1989&gs_l=psy-ab.12...6986.6986.0.7852.1.1.0.0.0.0.165.165.0j1.1.0....0...1c.2.64.psy-ab..0.0.0....0.-QyDK0byaDw] {{Chief Justices of Nigeria}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Alexander, Darnley}}{{Nigeria-stub}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://elombah.com/index.php/articles-mainmenu/12790-the-dawn-of-another-era-in-the-judiciary-in-cross-river-state-of-nigeria|title=The Dawn of another Era in the Judiciary in Cross River State of Nigeria|author=Okoi Obono-Obla|work=elombah.com|accessdate=26 April 2015}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nigeriaintel.com/2012/07/05/as-nigeria-gets-first-female-chief-justice-a-profile-of-justice-mariam-aloma-muktar/ |title=As Nigeria gets First female Chief Justice: A Profile of Justice Mariam Aloma Muktar |work=Nigeria Intel |accessdate=26 April 2015 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/dr-festus-ajayi-san-plea-bargain-is-an-illegal-arrangement/75246/ |title=Dr. Festus Ajayi, San: Plea Bargain is an Illegal Arrangement |work=Thisday Newspaper |accessdate=30 August 2015 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 5. ^Kamil, M. (1995). Rendez-vous--: An authorized biography of Chief Justice Mohammed Bello. Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria: Malthouse Press. pp. 253-254 12 : 1920 births|1989 deaths|Alumni of the University of London|Nigerian jurists|Saint Lucian emigrants to Nigeria|People from Castries Quarter|20th-century Nigerian lawyers|Chief Justices of Nigeria|Lagos State judges|Knights Bachelor|Lawyers awarded knighthoods|Supreme Court of Nigeria justices |
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