RSG Moves To Immortalise Justice Odili

As aftermath of the raid on Justice Mary Odili’s Abuja residence, Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike has approved the establishment of a Museum/Digital Library of the Legal History of Nigeria as part of the Rivers State Museum in her honour.
It would be recalled that the residence of the second-highest judge in Nigeria, Justice Odili was raided by security operatives, last Friday, with a search warrant that was later revoked.
Wike, recently approved the establishment of a digital library of the legal history of Nigeria to be named after Hon. Justice Mary Odili, to immortalise the legal icon due to her outstanding contributions to the legal profession in Nigeria.
The said digital library is to be domiciled inside the Rivers State Museum which is managed by the Rivers State Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
The digital library intends to have in its collection about 100,000 digital copies of legal documents about the legal history of Nigeria.
The legal documents will cover the three major sources of Nigerian laws, namely; the British Common Law inherited from colonial Britain, indigenous customary laws and Islamic (Sharia) law.
Access for Persons with Disabilities-PWDs is provided considering that both audio and video versions of the legal documents and resources would be provided by the Hon. Mary Odili Digital Library.
In addition to counterpart funding provided by the Government of Rivers State (through the Rivers State Ministry of Culture and Tourism) and its implementation partner, Association of Legislative Drafters and Advocacy Practitioners (ALDRAP), both individual and corporate entities are welcome to make donations of legal documents and resources.
The Curator of the Hon. Mary Odili Museum of Legal History,Dr.Tonye Clinton Jaja, appealed to all Rivers stakeholders to support the project to ensure the success of the initiative.