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Prof Peter Obi Okonkwo

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Email: Click to show Okonkwo's Email Address Birthday: 23rd December
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Website or LinkedIn URL: https://coou.edu.ng Gender: Male
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Biography: An indigene of Mmiata-Anam, Anambra West Local Government Area of Anambra State. Attended the following schools:
- Community Primary School, Mmiata-Anam
- All Hallows Seminary, Onitsha
- University of Nigeria
- Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife
- The Nigerian Law School
- The University of Buckingham United Kingdom.

A Professor of International Labour Law
Hobbies include reading and tennis.
Faculty/Department/Unit: Faculty of Law Rank: Professor
Research Interest: Immigration and Refugee Law, Communications Law, Energy and Natural Resources, Election Law
Educational Qualifications: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD); Master of Laws (LL.M); Bachelor of Law (LL.B); Barrister at Law (B.L)
Universities Attended: - University of Nigeria
- Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife
- The Nigerian Law School
- The University of Buckingham United Kingdom.
Publications: 1. Books:
i. ‘International Labour Standards in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Sector’
ISBN: 978-3-659-92708-9 (2016): Lambert Academic Publishing, Heinrich Bodwing Str, Germany.
ii. Book Chapter;
‘Trade Union Movement and Challenges to Decent Work Agenda in
Nigeria’ in Bimbo Atilola (ed) ‘Themes in Trade Union Law and
Administration in Nigeria’ (2011), Crescent University Press, Abeokuta
Nigeria) p. 429.
Book under Publication:
iii. The Nigerian Law of Election and Politics; 850 pages.
2. Journals.
iv. Application of International Labour Standards in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Sector; Regional and Domestic Perspectives’. American Academic and Scholarly Research Journal. Vol. 7, No. 4 July, 2015’ ISSN (Print) 2162-321X and ISSN (online) 2162-3228.
v. ‘Representative Actions in Suits under the Fundamental Rights
(Enforcement Procedure) Rules 1979’ in (ed) S.E. Edeko ‘Issues in Law
and African Security’ (2006) 102.
vi. Protecting the Proprietary Rights in Computer Programs: Emanating Controversies’ Port Harcourt Law Journal, Nigeria 2012, vol. 4 No. 2, p. 49.
vii. ‘Struggle for Supremacy; The Fundamental Rights Enforcement
Procedure Rules, 1979 versus the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules of Anambra State 2006’ Capital Bar Journal Awka, Nigeria, 2010, p. 186.
viii. ‘The Regulatory Framework of the Radio Frequency Spectrum Under International Law’ Journal of International Law and Jurisprudence, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria vol. 1 2010 p. 203. Available at
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/naujilj/article/download/138190/127757
ix. ‘Implementation of International Labour Standards in Nigeria’ Journal of Labour Law and Industrial Relations, Labour Law Review; Hybrid Consults, 2009, vol. 3, No. 4 p. 81.
x. ‘Concept and Purpose of International Labour Standards’ Nigerian
Journal of Labour Law and Industrial Relations, Labour Law Review, 2008, Hybrid Consults, p. 64.
xi. “The Place of Power in the Relationship between States; Some
Comments on Nigeria/South Africa Relations”, Knowledge Review,
2008, vol. 16 No. 4 p.100.
xii. ‘The Concept of International Core Labour Standards’ Nigerian Journal of Labour Law and Industrial Relations, Labour Law Review, March, 2001, vol. 4 No. 1.
xiii. ‘Deprivation and the Rise of Group Consciousness; Surging Conflicts in the Niger Delta’ Knowledge Review, 2008, vol. 16 No. 4 p.1.
xiv. ‘Judicial Attitude to Political Controversies in Nigeria’; Legislative
Practice Review, 2009, vol. 1 No. 2.
xv. ‘Alternatives to Traditional Modes of Protecting Rights in Computer Software’ Multidisciplinary Journal of Research Development. September 2008 vol. 15 No. 1 p.172.
xvi. ‘Enforcement of International Labour Standards in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Sector; the Hard Law Approach’ (2015) Edition of the Journal of Commercial and Property Law, Faculty of Law, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
xvii. ‘Topical Medico-Legal Challenges in Nigeria’ Medico –Legal Journal of Nigeria, Madonna University, Nigeria (2015) vol 1 No 1 p 45.
xviii. ‘Fair Share to All Workers is the Labour’s Call; the Antithesis of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Sector.”; Port Harcourt Journal of Business Law, vol 2, Number, 1 April, 2016, p 520.
xix. ‘Indigenous Rights of Nigerian Oil Producing Communities under
International Law’; The Nigerian Law Journal; vol. 19 No 2, 2016. Available at
http://www.academia.edu/8327238/Labour_Rights_of_Nigerian_Oil_Producing_Communities
xx. “Over a Decade of Uninterrupted Periodic Elections in Nigeria:
Challenges in Complying with International Standards”; ‘De Juriscope
Law Journal, A Publication of the Department of International Law and Jurisprudence, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam Campus. Maiden Edition, September 2017, p. 159.
xxi. ’Impact of Law on Environmental Security and National Development; the Way Forward; in (eds) G.N. Okeke et al; Law, Security and National Development; Proceedings of the Conference of the Nigerian Association of Law Teachers (NALT), 11-16th June 2017 at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Part VIII, p. 591. Available at https://ssrn.com/abstract=3220912
xxii. ‘The Rule of Law and Corruption in Nigeria; the Chicken and Egg
Controversy.” African Journal of Criminal Law and Jurisprudence, vol. 2(2017) a Publication of the Centre for Crime Prevention and Security Studies, c/o Faculty of Law, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria
xxiii. Application of Treaties in Nigeria vis-à-vis the Instruments of the
International Labour Organisation Nnamdi Azikiwe University Journal of International Law 9 (2) 2018
xxiv. Disenfranchisement as an Albatross to Credible Electoral Process. International Review of Law www.nigerianjournalsonline.com1 (3) 2019
xxv. Conceptual Differentiation in the Definitions of Law of Rape. Nigerian Law Journal, 2017 – Hein Online
xxvi. Okonkwo and Sirajo Yakubu; Finding a Right Balance Between Fighting Corruption and the Rule of Law; University of Ibadan Journal of Public and International Law vol. 11 (2021)
xxvii. Okonkwo, Ezeudu and Anushiem: Alternative Electoral Dispute Resolution Mechanism as a Panacea to Protracted Election Disputes” International Journal of Comparative Law and Legal Philosophy; vol. 4(1) 2022
xxviii. Okonkwo and Sirajo: Violence Against Persons (Prohibitions) Act 2015; Unnecessary Repetition or a Legal Solution to the Conceptual Confusion to the Law of Rape in Nigeria. Honoris Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja Law Journal, vol 4 No. 1 December 2022
xxix. An Appraisal of the Court of Appeal Rules 2021 on Electronic Filing, Hearing and Conferencing in the Court of Appeal, other Courts and in Arbitration Proceedings. De Juriscope Journal of Department of International Law and Jurisprudence, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam. vol.2 No. 1 (2022) www.nigeriajournalsoline.com.
xxx. Okonkwo and Mbah Jane, “Underrating Electoral Crimes at the Risk of Epileptic March Towards Free and Fair Electoral Process; Unizik Law Journal vol. 19(2) 2023.
xxxi. Okonkwo and Mbah Jane, Substantiality of Defects versus Invalidity of Elections: Critique of Section 135(1) of the Nigeria Electoral Act 2022: International Journal of Comparative Law and Legal Philosophy; vol 5(1) 2023
D. Delivered Conference Papers.
xxxii. ‘Unlocking the Political Imbroglio arising from Elections; Review of the Cases of Obi v. INEC, Ladoja v. INEC and Amaechi v. INEC” A paper presented at the 3rd Annual Conference of the Nigerian Political Science Association, South East Chapter held at Anambra State University in 24th-26thJune, 2008.
E. Workshop.
Research Methodology Capacity Building Workshop organised by the
Education Trust Fund (E.T.F) University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, 26th
-30th April, 2010.
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