Olateru-Olagbegi Ex-Ondo Chief Judge, Is Dead

Justice Gladys Olateru-Olagbegi, former Chief Judge of Ondo state, is dead. According to family sources, she died on Sunday night January 1st after a prolonged battle with an undisclosed ailment.
She became the Chief Judge of Ondo State in 2003 and retired on 26th October, 2010.

Justice Olateru-Olagbegi handed over to Olasehinde Kumuyi of the state High Court as the new CJ.

Little sketches of her history show that she was born into the Omitowoju family in Ile Ife, Osun state and was married into the Olagbegi family, a royal family in Owo Ondo state Nigeria.

The late CJ attended the University of London where she received a bachelor and doctorate degree in Law and was called to the England bar in 1973 as well as the Nigerian bar in 1974.

She was appointed to the bench of a high court judge of Ondo state judiciary and in 2003, she became the Chief Judge of the state, a capacity in which she served for seven years before she retired on October 26, 2010.

The Ondo state government led by Olusegun Mimiko was yet to make an official announcement at the time of this report.