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Chief Chuck Nduka-Eze, (born 12 March 1963) is an Anglo-Nigerian lawyer, activist and entrepreneur. He represented theAsaba Community at the special panel of The Human Rights Violation Investigation Commission of Nigeria (the Oputa Panel), in 1999. He is the son of the nationalist and trade Union activist, ad lawyer Sylvester Nduka-Eze.

Contents 1	Early life 2	Education 3	Professional Career 4	Representation of the Anioma Community at the Oputa Panel 6	Personal life 7	Honours and Affiliations 8	Sources 9	Further reading 10	External links

Early life Nduka-Eze was born to Sylvester Nduka-Eze, of Umuaji, Asaba (more commonly known as Nduka Eze) in London, on March 12, 1963. His father was a legendary nationalist, trade unionist and workers rights activist, who led the United African Company (UAC) workers strike of 1950. His mother Rose Nduka-Eze, was a registered nurse and midwife, and the daughter Obi Okechukwu Mordi of Umuonaje, Asaba. She was however tragically murdered in the course of the massacre that occurred, during the Nigerian Civil War at Asaba in October 1967.

Education Chuck Nduka-Eze attended CMS Primary School Asaba, between 1970 - 1975; CMS Grammar School, Lagos, between 1975- 1980.Thelveton Hall School, Diss, Norfolk, between 1980-1982. He attended the University of Warwick, and the University of Jos, Nigeria from 1985-1987 graduating with an Bachelor of Laws (Honours) Degree in 1987. He attended the Nigerian Law School between 1987 - 1988, and was admitted as a Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 1988. He trained at the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, London and was called to the English Bar in 1990. He was also called to the bar of the State of California, in 1994.  Professional Career. He was a member of 2 Paper Buildings, Temple, London, headed by Sir Desmond De Silva QC - a common law chambers set- between 1990 - 1994. He was appointed a Senior Crown Counsel, in the Crown Prosecution Service in 1994, and handled a broad of range of high profile prosecutions. One of these being R v Bridger [1994], in which he successfully obtained a conviction of a defendant who had vandalised the work of the popular artist, Damien Hirst. He was also prosecuting counsel in R v Morris [1994], in which the defendant was found guilty of the harassment of the complainant, an employee of Conservative MP, Bill Cash. He was also prosecuting counsel in R v Devereux, involving a British national Rugby player.

He returned to the bar in 1997 and practised in chambers till 1999 when he returned to Nigeria to serve as Company Secretary and Legal Adviser of Diamond Bank (now Access Bank). At Diamond Bank, he was the lead negotiator in the acquisition of African Continental Bank (ACB). He also served on the audit committee of the bank, till 2001, when he set up his firm - Chuck Nduka-Eze and Co- a commercial law firm. His focus has ranged from legal advisory work for mergers and acquisitions of banks to complex financial transactions and negotiations. and Legal Advisory work for mergers and acquisitions of banks and consolidated complex transactions and negotiations.

He is a founding board member of Cosmopolitan Alliance Limited, a private property and investment company, as well as Zumax Nigeria Limited, one of Nigeria's oldest indigenous Oil Services companies. He is also a partner in the Delphi Advisory Law firm.

Representation of the Anioma Community at the Oputa Panel Upon constitution of the special panel of The Human Rights Violation Investigation Commission of Nigeria (the Oputa Panel), he was instructed by Emma Okocha, the author of the work 'Blood on the Niger' as counsel, (on a pro-bono basis) to represent Okocha and the Anioma community in Delta State, on the presentation of a Genocide petition relating to the unlawful killings of civilians in Asaba and other communities of Anioma during the Nigerian Civil War. The panel heard several first-hand witnesses, in support of the petition, and in conclusion, the Federal Government of Nigeria accepted the claims in the petition.

Personal Life He is married to Fatima Laraba Nduka-Eze, (nee Garba), a lawyer and the daughter of late Major-General Joseph Garba, former Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Permanent Representative to the United Nations. They have three children, two sons - Emeka a corporate attorney with the New York Law firm- Davis Polk; Chiedu a Soft-Tech engineer also in the US, employed by the Microsoft Corporation and a daughter Nkemdilim.  Honours and Affiliations Nduka-Eze was conferred with the chieftaincy title of Isama of Asaba, by His Royal Majesty, Obi(Prof.) Chike Edozien on the 21st of September 2019, and based upon which he sits on the Asagba's high cabinet of Chiefs (the 'Olinzele'). Prior to this, he had been conferred with a number of titular awards, which include the chieftaincy title of 'Nwabunia' of Enugwu-Ukwu, conferred by His Royal Highness Igwe Osita Agwuna, in recognition of his advocacy before the Oputa panel. He was also conferred with the chieftaincy title of 'Ike Obodo' of Nteje.

He is a member of the Ikoyi Club, the Lagos Motor Boat Club, the Jet Ski Club, all in Lagos, as well as Annabels and the Lansdowne Club in Mayfair, London.