(1950-12-22) 22 December 1950 (age 73) Okurike Town, Biase, Southern Region, British Nigeria (now Cross River, Nigeria)
Spouse
Nkoyo Walter-Onnoghen
Children
4
Parent
Nkanu Onnoghen (father)
Education
University of Ghana (Bachelor of Laws) Nigerian Law School
Occupation
Supreme Court justice
Walter Samuel Nkanu OnnoghenGCON (born 22 December 1950[1]) is a Nigerian jurist who served as Chief Justice of Nigeria from 2017 to 2019.[2][3] Before joining the Supreme Court, he was a judge in Cross River State and a justice of the Court of Appeal.
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