Samuel O. Ighodaro
Samuel Osarogie Ighodaro | |
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| Justice of the High Court of the Mid-Western Region, Nigeria | |
| In office 1968–1973 | |
| President | Yakubu Gowon |
| Minister of Justice and Attorney- General, Western Region of Nigeria | |
| In office 1959–1963 | |
| Executive Director of the Western Nigeria Development Corporation | |
| In office 1958–1960 | |
| Minister of Health, Western Region of Nigeria | |
| In office 1952–1956 | |
| Member of the Federal House of Representatives | |
| In office 1952–1956 | |
| Member of the Western Region Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1952–1956 | |
| Commissioner for Boundary Settlement, Bendel State | |
| In office 1973–1977 | |
| Chairman of the Bendel Civil Service Commission | |
| In office 1979–1983 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 March 1911 Benin City, Nigeria |
| Died | 5 June 1994 (aged 83) Benin City, Nigeria |
| Spouse | Irene Ighodaro (m. 1947) |
| Relations | Robert Wellesley-Cole (brother-in-law) |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | Fourah Bay College Durham University (B.A.) University College London (M.A., BCL, LL. B) Gray's Inn (BL) |
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Samuel Osarogie Ighodaro, QC, OFR (21 March 1911 – 5 June 1994) was a Nigerian barrister, jurist, judge, politician and traditional leader who served as the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General, Western Region of Nigeria from 1959 to 1963 and a Justice of the High Court of the Mid-Western Region from 1968 to 1973. He was later installed as the Iyase of Benin in 1982.