Hon Justice James O. Ogebe (JSC) (Rtd)

Hon. Justice James Ogebe (JSC) Rtd (Chairman): Hon. Justice James Ogebe is Chairman of the Board of Trevari Power Company. An eminent jurist with several years of distinguished judicial and humanitarian service to man and country, Justice Ogebe started his career as a Pupil State Counsel in the Ministry of Justice of the defunct Benue-Plateau State in 1968. After only a few years of unblemished and meritorious service which saw him rise steadily through the ranks of service to become Acting Director of Public Prosecutions (1971), he transferred to the Judicial, becoming a senior Magistrate and Acting Chief Registrar (1974); Chief Registrar (1975) and Acting Judge between 1976 and 1978 until he was substantively appointed a Justice of the High Court of Benue State, a position he held until 1991 when he was elevated to the Federal Court of Appeal. While in service in the High Court of Benue State, he successfully discharged several responsibilities as Chairman of several Commissions of Inquiry, Chairman of the State’s Robbery and Firearms tribunal and Judge Price Control Court. He also served as Acting Chief Judge of Benue State on two occasions in September 1984 and January 1987.

While in the Court of Appeal, Justice Ogebe again performed extraordinarily and is on record as having served as the Presiding Judge in three Divisions of this Court, first in Port Harcourt Division between 1999 and 2003, next in Lagos Division between 2003 and 2004 and finally in Enugu Division between 2004 and 2008 from where he was elevated to the Supreme Court of the Federal republic of Nigeria in March 2008.

A community and humanitarian spirited gentleman, Justice Ogebe is a member of the Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria (PPFN), Trustee of the Bible Society of Nigeria, Trustee of Hope for the Blind, Trustee of the Fellowship of Christian Students (FCS), a committed Christian and an avid Preacher with interest in walking, reading and caring for the less privileged in the society.

A graduate of the Prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, from where he obtained his Law Degree in 1967, Justice James Ogebe hails from Igumale in Ado Local Government Area of Benue State. He is married to former Miss Maryamu Dija Madaki, a Medical Doctor by profession and together, they have four children.