Sylvester Umaru Onu

Sylvester Umaru Onu

Sylvester Umaru Onu (born June 15, 1938) is a Nigerian judge. He has been an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court since June 1993.cite web |url= http://www.scn.gov.ng/portal/detail.php?link=onu|title= Hon. Justice Sylvester Umaru Onu|accessdate=2007-07-24 |work= Scn.gov.ng|publisher=Supreme Court of Nigeria]

Onu is from Egume, in what is now Kogi State. He attended Government College, Keffi, Ahmadu Bello University, Gibson and Weldon College of Law, and the School of Oriental and African Studies, part of the University of London. He held several law-related positions before his appointment to the Court of Appeal in 1984, which he left for the Supreme Court in 1993.

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