Roseline or Rose Nonyem Ukeje (born 5 January 1943) is a Nigerian jurist who served as the first female

Chief Judge A chief judge (also known as presiding judge, president judge or principal judge) is the highest-ranking or most senior member of a lower court or circuit court with more than one judge. According to the Federal judiciary of the United States, th ...

of the High Court of Nigeria.

Life

Rose Nonyem Ukeje was born on 5 January 1943. She was appointed a judge of the High Court in 1986 and served as Chief Judge from 2001 until 2008. In February 2007, Ujeke was criticised for removing another justice from the forgery case of Andy Uba, to whom her son Obi Ukeje was personal assistant, without notice and taking over the case. In April 2007, she ruled that the Nigerian general election, 2007 could go ahead despite the death of candidate

Adebayo Adefarati Adebayo Adefarati (14 February 1931"Adefarati, AD Presidential candidate dies at 76", ''Vanguard'', March 30, 2007. – 29 March 2007) was a Nigerian politician who was Governor of Ondo State in Nigeria from 1999 to 2003. Life and career Ad ...

Personal life

Ukeje was married to Nigerian Air Force pilot Captain Sunday Elendu-Ukeje until his death and they had at least two children. Their daughter,

Nnenna Elendu Ukeje Nnenna Ijeoma Elendu Ukeje is a Nigerian politician who was the representative for Bende Federal Constituency, Abia State, Nigeria. Having had a successful career in the private sector, Nnenna was elected to the House of Representatives in 2007, ...

, has been a member of the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...

since 2007.

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