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Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen

Judge · Politician

Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen · Walter Samuel Onnoghen				[sources]
Other name	Hon. Justice W.S. Nkanu Onnoghen · W. S. Nkanu Onnoghen · Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen, JSC				[sources]
Birth date	1950-12-22				[sources]
Place of birth	Cross River State				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Walter				[sources]
Last name	Onnoghen				[sources]
Middle name	Samuel · Samuel Nkanu				[sources]
Title	Hon. · Justice				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16733797				[sources]
Position	Chief Justice of Nigeria (2017-2019) · high court judge (1989-1998) · judge (1992-2004)				[sources]
Education	Bachelor of Laws (1974-1977) · Nigerian Law School (1977-1978) · Odorgonno Senior High School · University of Ghana (1974-1977) · barrister				[sources]
Address	Supreme Court Complex,Three Arm Zone,Garki,Abuja				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

former Chief Justice of Nigeria

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Chief Justice Of Nigeria	-	-
Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria	-	-

Data sources

Nigerian Politically Exposed Persons data by Chipper40,806

National and sub-national Nigerian Politically Exposed Persons collected by Chipper

Nigeria · Chipper · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,645

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,228

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,256

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata333,111

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ng-dots-walter-samuel-nkanu-onnoghen-1950-12-22-district · ng-chip-pep-ng-0011890 · ng-chip-pep-ng-0026493

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