Modupe Omo-Eboh

Modupe Omo-Eboh (1922 – 25 February 2002) was a Nigerian lawyer and jurist who was the country's first female judge.

[1] She attended Queen's College, Lagos before studying law in London.

[2] Omo-Eboh was called to the English bar at Lincoln's Inn on 14 March 1953.

[1][3] She worked as a lawyer, Magistrate, Chief Magistrate, Administrator-General and Public Trustee, Director of Public Prosecutions and Acting Solicitor-General before she became a judge in Benin City on Thursday 13 November 1969,[1] the first woman appointed to the High Courts of Nigeria.

[citation needed] Omo-Eboh's husband was a Justice of the Court of Appeal from Edo State.