Justice Stephen Adah is a Nigerian legal practitioner, he presides over the Asaba division of the Court of Appeal.
He is ranked 22nd on the Seniority list of the Court of Appeal.
He is among the five man panel of Judges presiding over the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) of 2023.
In this post, ENigeria newspapers will guide you through the biography, family, education and career of Justice Stephen Adah.
Profile Summary
Name: Stephen Jonah Adah
Born: 13th June,1957
State of Origin: Dekina,Kogi State, Nigeria.
Education: Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
Marital status: Married
Occupation: Lawyer
Biography
Born on June 13th, 1957 to Mr and Mrs Adah in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State.
He grew up in Kogi State where he had his primary and secondary education.
Adah obtained his LL.B degree from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in 1981. He attended the Nigerian Law School, Lagos, for his BL in 1982.
Family Life
Justice Adah is happily married with children but details of his wife and children are not yet disclosed to the public.
Professional career
He started practicing immediately he left the university.
He began as a practicing laywer at the lowest level before he was appointed a judge of the Federal High Court on November 12, 1998, and later promoted to the Court of Appeal on November 5, 2012.
Justice Adah has passed verdicts on several cases and one of his landmark decisions was in the appeal filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in 2020 against a trial court’s decision which partially upheld the no-case submission filed by former President Goodluck Jonathan’s cousin, Robert Azibaola.
He led a three-man appeal court panel that set aside the indictments delivered against a former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki by Federal High Court in Abuja.The court hearing was reconvened after holding that the Federal High Court made damaging comments against Dasuki without giving him a fair hearing.
He led the panel that affirmed Ifeanyi Ubah as a Senator after his sack over alleged certificate forgery.
He also led the panel that affirmed Valentine Ozigbo as the PDP governorship candidate for the Anambra State Governorship election.
Adah served as a member of the three-man panel that granted Obi and Atiku’s motions to serve Tinubu their petitions by substituted means in 2023.
Justice Adah is expected to work as a member of the five-man panel of judges at the 2023 presidential election tribunal.
