Justice Mary Odili, a former First Lady of Rivers State and Supreme Court judge, has retired from the supreme court.
Mrs Odili departed from the Supreme Court after attaining the mandatory retirement age of 70, according to Anaedoonline.ng.
Odili ordered the top court to swiftly resolve the problem of the State of Origin and residence during a valedictory court session conducted in her honor on Thursday.
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The previous governor of Rivers State’s wife remarked that the two issues disproportionately impact women and must be addressed as part of the nation-building process.
He said: “The issue should be given immediate attention, lest we ignore the matter at the risk of a lost opportunity to set the ship of state on the right course.
“The follow-up on this matter of state of origin or residency and the import thereto have thrown up the fact that the women have seen themselves taking the short end of the stick on account of marriage outside the state of their birth.
“These are matters that need urgent attention in our journey of nationhood and building and sustaining thereof.”
Mrs Odili was praised as an exemplar of “jurisprudential sophistication with an irrepressible voice in the temple of justice” by Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Ibrahim Muhammad in his remarks.
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Muhammad further stated that the departing judge will go down in history as the third woman to serve on the country’s highest court.
The previous Rivers first lady wielded power over the CJN’s judicial responsibilities, according to the CJN.
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