Other Leaders Of The Intersociety
Chidinma Evangeline Udegbunam, Esquire
Chidinma Evangeline Udegbunam, Esquire is an Abonkwu, Uwani-Amokwe-Udi (LGA) of Enugu State-born Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. She studied Law at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (Kaduna State) where she obtained her LLB and later BL from the Nigerian Law School and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2016. She held positions in several Human Rights advocacy groups before joining the Intersociety in 2017 as an ‘Expert-Volunteer’. Barrister Chidinma Udegbunam is a top-notch Human Rights Lawyer and Defender of the Oppressed and Advocate of Rule of Law. She has offered several ‘services pro bono publico’ or public-interest and citizen-interest voluntary professional services including defending hundreds of ‘Awaiting-Trial’ inmates and police custodial detainees both in Nigeria or any part thereof and outside Nigeria; wrongly accused and dumped to languish in prison and police custodies without proper trial. Human Rights Lawyer Chidinma Udegbunam is presently heading the Intersociety’s Campaign and Publicity Department in addition to being the Acting Deputy Leader of the Organization. She has also earned a name and respect as Advocate of the Oppressed, the Endangered, the Slain, the Tortured, the Falsely Accused, the Disappeared and the Domestically and Sexually Abused.
Chinwe Umeche, Esquire
Chinwe Umeche, Esquire is an Amichi, Nnewi-South of Anambra State-born Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, having studied Law (UNIZIK) and obtained her LLB and later BL from the Nigerian Law School and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2012. She is presently Head of Chambers and Managing Partner of I.C. Ejiofor and Co., a Firm of Legal Practitioners and Notaries Public, with offices at FCT (Abuja) and Nnewi, Anambra State. Barrister Chinwe Umeche is a Human Rights Lawyer who has offered several ‘services pro bono publico’ or public/citizen-interest voluntary professional services including defending thousands of unarmed citizens wrongly and maliciously accused or framed by the State. Barrister Chinwe Umeche belongs to the generation of democracy activists and campaigners that made it possible for a popular and accountable governance to be enthroned in Anambra State particularly between 2006 and 2014 and has consistently, in conjunction with other fearless voices, risen in strong defense of Human and Peoples Rights and Democracy in Nigeria and beyond. She joined the Intersociety in 2014 and presently heads its Democracy and Good Governance Program. Human Rights Lawyer Chinwe Umeche has also earned a name and respect as Advocate of the Oppressed, the Endangered, the Slain, the Tortured, the Falsely Accused, the Disappeared and the Domestically and Sexually Abused
Obianuju Igbeli, Esquire
Obianuju Joy Igboeli, Esquire is an Ihiala of Anambra State-born Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. She studied Law at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (Anambra State) where she obtained her LLB and later BL from the Nigerian Law School and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2013. Lawyer Igboeli is representing the “Physically Challenged Persons” suffering Government neglect and general rejection-upon which she was brought into the “Expert-Volunteer Corps” of the Intersociety in 2014. She is also a dogged Human Rights Lawyer and Defender of the Oppressed and Advocate of Rule of Law who has offered several ‘services pro bono publico’ or public-interest and citizen-interest voluntary professional services including defending several ‘Awaiting-Trial’ inmates and police custodial detainees wrongly accused and dumped to languish in prison and police custodies without proper trial. Human Rights Lawyer Joy Igboeli is the present Head of the Intersociety’s Fundamental Human Rights (civil liberties) and Rule of Law Program, a strategic advocacy position she has held since 2014
Ndidiamaka Catherine Bernard, Esquire
Ndidiamaka Catherine Bernard, Esquire is an Ekwulobia-Aguata of Anambra State-born Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. She studied Law at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (Enugu State) where she obtained her LLB and later BL from the Nigerian Law School and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2015. Barrister Ndidiamaka Bernard is also a master’s degree holder in Cyber Law (LLM Cyberlaw: Jan 2024) from the University of Lagos. She was brought into the Intersociety as an “Expert-Volunteer” in 2016 and since then has remained a dogged Human Rights Lawyer and Defender of the Oppressed and Advocate of Rule of Law. Human Rights Lawyer Ndidiamaka Catherine Bernard is the present Head of the Intersociety’s International Human Rights and Law Program, a strategic advocacy position she has held since 2016.