Talk:Innocent Umezulike

Edit request
Some additional info to be added to the article, along with some general clean-up:
 * Infobox:
 * Include the honorific prefix "Hon. Justice" in the infobox.
 * Include the occupations "professor" and "author" in the infobox and the lead section.
 * Early life and career:
 * Change section title to "Life and career".
 * Change job titles to begin in lowercase per MOS:JOBTITLES and expand paragraphs with additional info on the subject's career, i.e. admission to the Nigerian bar, stint as a partner at a law firm in Lagos, stint as visiting law professor at Enugu State University of Science and Technology, appointment as chairman of the Failed Banks Tribunal Zone 6 Nigeria in 1998 and brief overview of the succeeding years of his career.
 * Add new "Foundation" section covering the charitable foundation named after the subject set up by his family.
 * Add new "Honours" section showing the subject's OFR medal (and potentially other honours as sources covering them become available).

Innocent Azubike Umezulike OFR (21 September 1953 – 26 June 2018) was a Nigerian jurist, professor and author who served as the chief judge of Enugu State for over 13 years. He remains the longest-serving chief judge in South-Eastern Nigeria, and second longest-serving chief judge in Nigeria.

Innocent Azubike Umezulike was born on September 21, 1953 in Rivers State, southern Nigeria. He attended St. Vincent Secondary School, where he obtained his West African School Certificate in 1971. He proceeded to the University of Lagos where he obtained a bachelor's degree in law in 1976; the same year, he joined the Nigerian Television Authority, where he was appointed assistant legal adviser to the corporation. He was admitted to the Nigerian Bar Association in 1980.

In the early 1980s, Umezulike became a partner at the Fred Agbeyegbe and Co. law firm in Lagos. In 1983, he joined the University of Ibadan's faculty of law before joining Nnamdi Azikiwe University, where he started as a senior lecturer in 1987 and became an associate professor in 1992. He then worked as a visiting professor of property law at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology. In August 1993, he was appointed as a judge of Enugu State and then chief judge of Enugu State; after four years of service, he was nominated by the federal government of Nigeria to serve in the Supreme Court of the Gambia. He was appointed chairman of the Failed Banks Tribunal Zone 6 Nigeria in 1998.

Throughout his career, Umezulike served in various positions at public and private institutions, including as a senior special adviser to the Attorney General of Nigeria prior to his appointment as an Enugu State judge. He reportedly received over 100 legal honours and awards, and authored and published over 23 books on conveyancing, adverse possession, and land and property law throughout his career.

Umezulike died at a hospital in London on 26 June 2018.

In his memory, Umezulike's family set up the Hon. Justice Innocent Umezulike Foundation, as well as the Justice Innocent Umezulike Law Library and Legal Research Centre, in June 2019. The family also announced that it would publish his posthumously unpublished works. The foundation held its first memorial lecture at the Enugu State High Court complex in September 2019, marking the first anniversary of his death with a presentation of the book Hon. Justice Innocent Umezulike: A Chronicle of Leading Judgements Volume 1.


 * Orders
 * Order of the Federal Republic (civil) - Nigeria - ribbon bar.gif Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Category:Nigerian judges Category:Nigerian jurists Category:Rivers State lawyers Category:University of Lagos alumni Category:University of Ibadan faculty Category:Nnamdi Azikiwe University faculty Category:Nigerian academics Category:1953 births Category:2018 deaths Category:Members of the Order of the Federal Republic Category:People from Enugu State

Davykamanzi → talk • contribs • alter ego 21:44, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

Reply 19-FEB-2020
Regards, Spintendo  02:37, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Text in the proposal was found to be insufficiently paraphrased from the source material.
 * All materials which are requested to be added to an article need to be written using an editor's own words and phrases.
 * I'm not sure whether it's an issue with my internet, but the copyvio link you posted isn't working (I'm getting a 504 error message). Davykamanzi → talk • contribs • alter ego 10:41, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Never mind, I managed to access the page. Is it just the info from Olatorera source (ref #3 in the extended content above) that needs to be better paraphrased as the page says? Davykamanzi → talk • contribs • <b style="color:#264;">alter ego</b> 12:11, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

Updated edit request
Once again, some additional info to be added to the article, along with some general clean-up, with source material sufficiently paraphrased:
 * Infobox:
 * Include the honorific prefix "Hon. Justice" in the infobox.
 * Include the occupations "professor" and "author" in the infobox and the lead section.
 * Early life and career:
 * Change section title to "Life and career".
 * Change job titles to begin in lowercase per MOS:JOBTITLES and expand paragraphs with additional info on the subject's career, i.e. admission to the Nigerian bar, stint as a partner at a law firm in Lagos, stint as visiting law professor at Enugu State University of Science and Technology, appointment as chairman of the Failed Banks Tribunal Zone 6 Nigeria in 1998 and brief overview of the succeeding years of his career.
 * Add new "Foundation" section covering the charitable foundation named after the subject set up by his family.
 * Add new "Honours" section showing the subject's OFR medal (and potentially other honours as sources covering them become available).

Innocent Azubike Umezulike OFR (21 September 1953 – 26 June 2018) was a Nigerian jurist, professor and author who served as the chief judge of Enugu State for over 13 years. He remains the longest-serving chief judge in South-Eastern Nigeria, and second longest-serving chief judge in Nigeria.

Innocent Azubike Umezulike was born on 21 September 1953 in Rivers State, southern Nigeria. He went to St. Vincent Secondary School, where he obtained his West African School Certificate in 1971. He then attended the University of Lagos, graduating with a bachelor's degree in law in 1976, after which he joined the Nigerian Television Authority as an assistant legal adviser to the corporation. He was admitted to the Nigerian Bar Association in 1980.

In the early 1980s, Umezulike became a partner at the Fred Agbeyegbe and Co. law firm in Lagos. In 1983, he joined the University of Ibadan's faculty of law before joining Nnamdi Azikiwe University, where he began as a senior lecturer in 1987 and became an associate professor in 1992. He then worked as a visiting professor of property law at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology. In August 1993, he was appointed as a judge of Enugu State, prior to which he became the state's chief judge; after four years of service, he was nominated to serve in the Supreme Court of the Gambia. He was appointed chairman of the Failed Banks Tribunal Zone 6 Nigeria in 1998.

Throughout his career, Umezulike served in various positions at public and private institutions, including as a senior special adviser to the Attorney General of Nigeria prior to his appointment as an Enugu State judge. He reportedly received over 100 legal honours and awards, and authored and published over 23 books on conveyancing, adverse possession, and land and property law throughout his career.

Umezulike died at a hospital in London on 26 June 2018.

In his memory, Umezulike's family set up the Hon. Justice Innocent Umezulike Foundation, as well as the Justice Innocent Umezulike Law Library and Legal Research Centre, in June 2019. The family also announced that it would publish his posthumously unpublished works. The foundation held its first memorial lecture at the Enugu State High Court complex in September 2019, marking the first anniversary of his death with a presentation of the book Hon. Justice Innocent Umezulike: A Chronicle of Leading Judgements Volume 1.


 * Orders
 * Order of the Federal Republic (civil) - Nigeria - ribbon bar.gif Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Category:Nigerian judges Category:Nigerian jurists Category:Rivers State lawyers Category:University of Lagos alumni Category:University of Ibadan faculty Category:Nnamdi Azikiwe University faculty Category:Nigerian academics Category:1953 births Category:2018 deaths Category:Members of the Order of the Federal Republic Category:People from Enugu State

Davykamanzi → <b style="color:#0AE;">talk</b> • <b style="color:#ED2;">contribs</b> • <b style="color:#264;">alter ego</b> 17:10, 20 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Please note that because the requested changes were presented as a whole, problems with any one part will be presented as problems for the whole. In that respect, the Agbo source is an editorial, and cannot be used. Currently, 4 ref tags are linked to this source. These need to be corrected, and then we can continue with the request. Regards, Spintendo  19:28, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
 * It would've helped if you pointed out all the problems with the first request for me to sort out before I submitted the second one, but I'll get on it. Are there any other underlying issues before I make another one? Davykamanzi → <b style="color:#0AE;">talk</b> • <b style="color:#ED2;">contribs</b> • <b style="color:#264;">alter ego</b> 08:57, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

Updated edit request 2
Additional info and general clean-up:
 * Infobox:
 * Include the honorific prefix "Hon. Justice" in the infobox.
 * Include the occupations "professor" and "author" in the infobox and the lead section.
 * Early life and career:
 * Change section title to "Life and career".
 * Change job titles to begin in lowercase per MOS:JOBTITLES and expand paragraphs with additional info on the subject's career, i.e. admission to the Nigerian bar, appointment as chairman of the Failed Banks Tribunal Zone 6 Nigeria in 1998 and brief overview of the succeeding years of his career.
 * Add new "Foundation" section covering the charitable foundation named after the subject.
 * Add new "Honours" section showing the subject's OFR medal (and potentially other honours as sources covering them become available).

Innocent Azubike Umezulike OFR (21 September 1953 – 26 June 2018) was a Nigerian jurist, professor and author who served as the chief judge of Enugu State for over 13 years. He remains the longest-serving chief judge in South-Eastern Nigeria, and second longest-serving chief judge in Nigeria.

Innocent Azubike Umezulike was born on 21 September 1953 in Rivers State, southern Nigeria. He went to St. Vincent Secondary School, where he obtained his West African School Certificate in 1971. He then attended the University of Lagos, graduating with a bachelor's degree in law in 1976, after which he joined the Nigerian Television Authority as an assistant legal adviser to the corporation. He was admitted to the Nigerian Bar Association in 1980.

In 1983, Umezulike joined the University of Ibadan's faculty of law before joining Nnamdi Azikiwe University, where he began as a senior lecturer in 1987 and became an associate professor in 1992. In August 1993, he was appointed as a judge of Enugu State, prior to which he became the state's chief judge; after four years of service, he was nominated to serve in the Supreme Court of the Gambia. He was appointed chairman of the Failed Banks Tribunal Zone 6 Nigeria in 1998.

Throughout his career, Umezulike served in various positions at public and private institutions, including as a senior special adviser to the Attorney General of Nigeria prior to his appointment as an Enugu State judge. He reportedly received over 100 legal honours and awards, and authored and published over 23 books on conveyancing, adverse possession, and land and property law throughout his career.

Umezulike died at a hospital in London on 26 June 2018.

The Hon. Justice Innocent Umezulike Foundation, set up after Umezulike's death, held a memorial lecture at the Enugu State High Court complex in September 2019, marking the first anniversary of his death with a presentation of the book Hon. Justice Innocent Umezulike: A Chronicle of Leading Judgements Volume 1.


 * Orders
 * Order of the Federal Republic (civil) - Nigeria - ribbon bar.gif Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Category:Nigerian judges Category:Nigerian jurists Category:Rivers State lawyers Category:University of Lagos alumni Category:University of Ibadan faculty Category:Nnamdi Azikiwe University faculty Category:Nigerian academics Category:1953 births Category:2018 deaths Category:Members of the Order of the Federal Republic Category:People from Enugu State

Davykamanzi → <b style="color:#0AE;">talk</b> • <b style="color:#ED2;">contribs</b> • <b style="color:#264;">alter ego</b> 19:26, 23 February 2020 (UTC)


 * The Guardian source, which I assume is an obituary, reads more like an editorial, just as the Agbo piece did. With phrasings such as "a man whose humble background attracted God’s blessing", this item is more in line with an op-ed. According to The Guardian section at WP:RSP, information which is op-ed-like in its constitution is alright to use as opinion, but not for items of fact, per WP:RSOPINION. The obit/op-ed also is given no author. In those respects, I'm uncomfortable adding information which it references. Regards,  Spintendo  12:02, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Can you kindly point out every single issue with my requested edits so I can sort them all out before submitting new requests? It's very frustrating having to repeatedly submit new requests under the impression that all the remaining issues have been sorted out. Davykamanzi → <b style="color:#0AE;">talk</b> • <b style="color:#ED2;">contribs</b> • <b style="color:#264;">alter ego</b> 12:59, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I apologize for the inconvenience, but a reminder — nowhere in my edit request reviews is it stated that each review is the final word on the matter. In any event, the consensus for how to treat op-ed items from the Guardian was established in at least October of 2019, if not earlier — while those covering WP:CLOSEPARAPHRASE are even older than that. So all of these issues I've raised thus far should not have been news to you. Regards, Spintendo  16:24, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

Updated edit request 3
Additional info and general clean-up:
 * Infobox:
 * Include the honorific prefix "Hon. Justice" in the infobox.
 * Include the occupations "professor" and "author" in the infobox and the lead section.
 * Early life and career:
 * Change section title to "Life and career".
 * Change job titles to begin in lowercase per MOS:JOBTITLES and expand paragraphs with additional info on the subject's career, i.e. admission to the Nigerian bar, appointment as chairman of the Failed Banks Tribunal Zone 6 Nigeria in 1998 and brief overview of the succeeding years of his career.
 * Add new "Foundation" section covering the charitable foundation named after the subject.
 * Add new "Honours" section showing the subject's OFR medal (and potentially other honours as sources covering them become available).

Innocent Azubike Umezulike OFR (21 September 1953 – 26 June 2018) was a Nigerian jurist, professor and author who served as the chief judge of Enugu State for over 13 years. He remains the longest-serving chief judge in South-Eastern Nigeria, and second longest-serving chief judge in Nigeria.

Innocent Azubike Umezulike was born on 21 September 1953 in Rivers State, southern Nigeria. He went to St. Vincent Secondary School, where he obtained his West African School Certificate in 1971. He then attended the University of Lagos, graduating with a bachelor's degree in law in 1976, after which he joined the Nigerian Television Authority as an assistant legal adviser to the corporation. He was admitted to the Nigerian Bar Association in 1980.

In 1983, Umezulike joined the University of Ibadan's faculty of law before joining Nnamdi Azikiwe University, where he began as a senior lecturer in 1987 and became an associate professor in 1992. In August 1993, he was appointed as a judge of Enugu State, prior to which he became the state's chief judge; after four years of service, he was nominated to serve in the Supreme Court of the Gambia. He was also appointed chairman of the Failed Banks Tribunal Zone 6 Nigeria.

Throughout his career, Umezulike served in various positions at public and private institutions, including as a senior special adviser to the Attorney General of Nigeria prior to his appointment as an Enugu State judge. He reportedly received over 100 legal honours and awards, and authored and published over 23 books on conveyancing, adverse possession, and land and property law throughout his career.

Umezulike died at a hospital in London on 26 June 2018.

The Hon. Justice Innocent Umezulike Foundation, set up after Umezulike's death, held a memorial lecture at the Enugu State High Court complex in September 2019, marking the first anniversary of his death with a presentation of the book Hon. Justice Innocent Umezulike: A Chronicle of Leading Judgements Volume 1.


 * Orders
 * Order of the Federal Republic (civil) - Nigeria - ribbon bar.gif Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Category:Nigerian judges Category:Nigerian jurists Category:Rivers State lawyers Category:University of Lagos alumni Category:University of Ibadan faculty Category:Nnamdi Azikiwe University faculty Category:Nigerian academics Category:1953 births Category:2018 deaths Category:Members of the Order of the Federal Republic Category:People from Enugu State

Davykamanzi → <b style="color:#0AE;">talk</b> • <b style="color:#ED2;">contribs</b> • <b style="color:#264;">alter ego</b> 13:12, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Pinging this request has been pending for nearly a week. Davykamanzi → <b style="color:#0AE;">talk</b> • <b style="color:#ED2;">contribs</b> • <b style="color:#264;">alter ego</b> 15:41, 2 March 2020 (UTC)


 * , the honorifics in the title and lead shouldn't be there. See Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad. OFR can be added as a suffix though. It looks like it already has been. Pinging on the body of the text that would need to be reviewed for neutrality.  AngusWOOF  ( bark  •  sniff ) 17:08, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Additional info and general clean-up:
 * Infobox:
 * Include the honorific prefix "Hon. Justice" in the infobox. ❌ Justices don't get the honorific like that. See Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad. I did move OFR to the honorific_suffix section of the infobox as per other infoboxes.
 * Include the occupations "professor" and "author" in the infobox and the lead section. ❌ – not a full professor, needs a lot more background to show that he authored some notable books. Needs external news sources that show the books published are widely read.
 * Early life and career:
 * Change section title to "Life and career". ✅
 * Change job titles to begin in lowercase per MOS:JOBTITLES and expand paragraphs with additional info on the subject's career, i.e. admission to the Nigerian bar, appointment as chairman of the Failed Banks Tribunal Zone 6 Nigeria in 1998 and brief overview of the succeeding years of his career. – I lower-cased some of the job titles. This needs another review by another editor
 * Add new "Foundation" section covering the charitable foundation named after the subject. ❌ – this needs another review by another editor
 * Add new "Honours" section showing the subject's OFR medal (and potentially other honours as sources covering them become available). ❌ – this needs another review by another editor

This needs review by another author on whether the proposed edited text is sufficiently scrubbed for neutrality. AngusWOOF ( bark  •  sniff ) 17:01, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

I don't see any problems bar this one:


 * Please change He reportedly received over 100 legal honours and awards to something like According to Vanguard, he received over 100 legal honours and awards

I don't think this should be accepted until the much more experienced gives a final say. Regards, Willbb234Talk (please &#123;&#123;ping&#125;&#125; me in replies) 20:21, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
 * With regards to the foundation, I'm not really sure charity is what they're responsible for — it's not at all clear in the proposed text that that's what it is — for all we know it could just be representatives of his family grouped together in order to administer his estate, legal papers, rulings, etc. The honors section is appropriate for mentioning the OFR (I see its already in the infobox). The other awards (He reportedly received over 100 legal honours and awards) are too non-specific to be helpful to the reader. I'll defer to on the rest. Regards,  Spintendo  21:38, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
 * I think the suggestion you've made regarding the "legal honours and awards" statement makes sense. In fairness, there's been no mention of charity in the proposed Foundation section, so if creating that wouldn't be appropriate, I think the paragraph therein could still be included after Umezulike died at a hospital in London on 26 June 2018 at the end of the existing Life and career section as that info still pertains to the subject's death. I also don't see why the proposed Honours section can't be added. Davykamanzi → <b style="color:#0AE;">talk</b> • <b style="color:#ED2;">contribs</b> • <b style="color:#264;">alter ego</b> 21:52, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
 * When you say you can't see why an honors section can't be added, I'm not sure who you're referring to, because that's not what I said. I stated that an honors section would be appropriate — one of those honors being the OFR (even if it's the only award mentioned, it should still get its own section). I just don't think that also mentioning the "more than 100" other awards is pragmatic. As far as the Foundation, I apologize for saying it was claiming to be a charity if it isn't one; in the United States, the word foundation is a precise legal term meaning a charitable organization. That's why I cautioned that, as far as we know, in Nigeria, foundation may mean something else. Regards, Spintendo  23:08, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Regarding the Honours section, I was agreeing with your statement, but I can see how my wording could've made it seem otherwise. As far as the remaining requested edits go, it seems to me that there's no qualms on having them implemented at this point. Davykamanzi → <b style="color:#0AE;">talk</b> • <b style="color:#ED2;">contribs</b> • <b style="color:#264;">alter ego</b> 21:08, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Kindly ping me if and when the remaining pending requests are fulfilled. Davykamanzi → <b style="color:#0AE;">talk</b> • <b style="color:#ED2;">contribs</b> • <b style="color:#264;">alter ego</b> 20:03, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
 * do you have the updated version of the article? And I agree with about the "over than 100 legal honours..." part as they could be any type of award, notable or not. I don't think this should be included. Willbb234Talk (please &#123;&#123;ping&#125;&#125; me in replies) 20:15, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Have a look below for an updated version of the proposed edits with the concerns above addressed.

Innocent Azubike Umezulike OFR (21 September 1953 – 26 June 2018) was a Nigerian jurist who served as the chief judge of Enugu State for over 13 years. He remains the longest-serving chief judge in South-Eastern Nigeria, and second longest-serving chief judge in Nigeria.

Innocent Azubike Umezulike was born on 21 September 1953 in Rivers State, southern Nigeria. He went to St. Vincent Secondary School, where he obtained his West African School Certificate in 1971. He then attended the University of Lagos, graduating with a bachelor's degree in law in 1976, after which he joined the Nigerian Television Authority as an assistant legal adviser to the corporation. He was admitted to the Nigerian Bar Association in 1980.

In 1983, Umezulike joined the University of Ibadan's faculty of law before joining Nnamdi Azikiwe University, where he began as a senior lecturer in 1987 and became an associate professor in 1992. In August 1993, he was appointed Judge of Enugu State, prior to which he became the state's Chief Judge; after four years of service, he was nominated to serve in the Supreme Court of the Gambia. He was also appointed chairman of the Failed Banks Tribunal Zone 6 Nigeria.

Throughout his career, Umezulike served in various positions at public and private institutions, including as a senior special adviser to the Attorney General of Nigeria prior to his appointment as an Enugu State judge. He also authored and published over 23 books on conveyancing, adverse possession, and land and property law throughout his career.

Umezulike died at a hospital in London on 26 June 2018. The Hon. Justice Innocent Umezulike Foundation, set up after his death, held a memorial lecture at the Enugu State High Court complex in September 2019, marking the first anniversary of his death with a presentation of the book Hon. Justice Innocent Umezulike: A Chronicle of Leading Judgements Volume 1.


 * Orders
 * Order of the Federal Republic (civil) - Nigeria - ribbon bar.gif Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Category:Nigerian judges Category:Nigerian jurists Category:Rivers State lawyers Category:University of Lagos alumni Category:University of Ibadan faculty Category:Nnamdi Azikiwe University faculty Category:Nigerian academics Category:1953 births Category:2018 deaths Category:Members of the Order of the Federal Republic Category:People from Enugu State

Davykamanzi → <b style="color:#0AE;">talk</b> • <b style="color:#ED2;">contribs</b> • <b style="color:#264;">alter ego</b> 16:14, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
 * cc, . Davykamanzi → <b style="color:#0AE;">talk</b> • <b style="color:#ED2;">contribs</b> • <b style="color:#264;">alter ego</b> 08:31, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Pinging again as the last request on this thread has been pending for nearly 2 weeks now. Davykamanzi → <b style="color:#0AE;">talk</b> • <b style="color:#ED2;">contribs</b> • <b style="color:#264;">alter ego</b> 21:59, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Pinging for assistance. Davykamanzi → <b style="color:#0AE;">talk</b> • <b style="color:#ED2;">contribs</b> • <b style="color:#264;">alter ego</b> 23:04, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Pinging for assistance. Request has been pending for nearly 3 weeks. Davykamanzi → <b style="color:#0AE;">talk</b> • <b style="color:#ED2;">contribs</b> • <b style="color:#264;">alter ego</b> 00:00, 24 March 2020 (UTC)


 * , I have replaced the previous text with the proposed version above (with a few modifications in the headings).  DGG ( talk ) 22:35, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much. Hadn't caught your notification earlier given the typo in your ping but it's all good. I've closed the request edit template at the beginning of the section. Davykamanzi → <b style="color:#0AE;">talk</b> • <b style="color:#ED2;">contribs</b> • <b style="color:#264;">alter ego</b> 08:14, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

Categorisation
Category:Nigerian judges is a subcategory of Category:Nigerian jurists. Category:Nnamdi Azikiwe University faculty is a subcategory of Category:Nigerian academics. Articles should be in the most exact category. See WP:SUBCATRathfelder (talk) 08:54, 26 February 2022 (UTC)