Chukwudifu Oputa CFR (22 September 1924 – 4 May 2014) was a Nigerian jurist who was Judge of the Supreme Court of Nigeria from 1984 to 1989.
He was appointed in 1999 by Olusegun Obasanjo to head the Oputa panel which investigated human right abuses by former military juntas and submitted their findings in 2003.
[1][2][4] After the war, Oputa was a principal of Kalabari National College, Buguma until 1948, and between 1949 and 1951 was Administrative Officer, Nigerian Secretariat.
[1][2] He was appointed a justice of the then High Court of Eastern Nigeria in 1966 and promoted to Chief Judge of Imo State in 1976.
[1][8] In appreciation of his service to Nigeria, he was conferred with the National Honour of Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) by President Goodluck Jonathan.