Chukwudifu Oputa
Chukwudifu Oputa GCON (22 Satumba 1916 – 4 ga Mayu 2014) masanin shari’a ne dan Najeriya wanda ya kasance Alkalin Kotun Koli ta Najeriya daga 1984 zuwa 1989. Olusegun Obasanjo ne ya nada shi a shekarar 1999 a matsayin shugaban kwamitin Oputa wanda ya binciki laifukan cin zarafin bil’adama da tsofaffin sojoji suka yi tare da gabatar da bincike akansu a shekara ta 2003.

Kuruciya da ilimi 
An haifi Chukwudifu Oputa a ranar 22 ga Satumba 1916 a Oguta ga Cif Oputa Uzokwu da Madam Nwametu Oputa. Mahaifinsa dan kabilar Igbo ne, kuma ya auri mata 10 kuma ya haifi ‘ya’ya da dama wadanda Chukwudifu ne na karshe a cikinsu.    Ya fara karatun sa a Sacred Heart School, Oguta daga 1930 zuwa 1936 sannan ya wuce Christ the King College da ke Onitsha inda ya yi karatun firamare daga 1937 zuwa 1940 inda ya samu shaidar kammala karatunsa na makarantun Yammacin Afrika wato (WAEC).  Oputa ya ci gaba zuwa Kwalejin Yaba Higher College amma daga baya ya koma Kwalejin Achimota, Ghana a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu inda ya sami digiri a fannin tattalin arziki a 1945. Daga nan ya koma Landan inda ya kammala karatunsa na digiri na farko a fannin tarihi daga Jami’ar Landan sannan ya yi digiri a fannin shari’a a shekarar 1953. An kira shi zuwa kungiyar lauyoyi na Bar-Gary Inn a ranar 26 ga Nuwamba 1953.

Aikin shari'a 
Oputa ya dawo Najeriya inda ya kafa kotu  mai zaman kansa kuma ya wanzu har tsawon shekaru, yana gudanar da wasu manyan laifuka da suka hada da rikicin sarautar Oguta a 1959 da rikicin Amayenabo a 1960.   An nada shi alkalin babbar kotun Gabashin Najeriya a lokacin a shekarar 1966 sannan aka kara masa girma zuwa babban alkalin jihar Imo a shekarar 1976.   Oputa ya samu mukamin alkalin kotun kolin Najeriya a shekarar 1984 inda ya shafe shekaru 5 kafin ya yi ritaya a shekarar 1989. Alƙalan ƴan ƴan ƴan ƴan ƴan sanda sun yaba da zamansa a kotun koli tare da tsohon Alkalin Alkalai, Mohammed Bello, sun bayyana shi a matsayin "Socrates na Kotun Koli".   Olusegun Obasanjo ne ya tuno da shi a matsayin shugaban hukumar binciken take hakkin bil’adama ta Najeriya da aka fi sani da Oputa panel don binciken ‘yancin dan adam a lokacin mulkin soja daga 1984 zuwa 1999.

Rayuwarsa 
Oputa ya kasance mabiyin Katolika kuma mai daraja Knight Kwamandan St. Gregory mai girma kuma Knight Kwamandan St. Sylvester Paparoma, Knight na St. Mulumba.    Ya buga takardu sama da 40 a cikin laccocinsa, taro da taron karawa juna sani. An kirkiro gidauniyar Oputa ne don girmama shi don inganta gaskiya, gaskiya da mutunta doka. .    Ya rasu ne a ranar 4 ga watan Mayun 2014 saboda rashin lafiya.

Manazarta 

Tsaffin daliban Yaba College of Technology
Mabiya addinin Roman
Mutane daga jihar Imo
Alkalin alkalan Najeriya
Mutuwar 2
Haihuwan 1924